Lona

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1928 at #3,697
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 28 births
Debut · girls
28 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,907
since 1880

Lona over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lona has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #294, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212
2024#7,96713
2023#8,48612
2022#6,98416
2021#6,17419
2020#6,32518
2019#6,69817
2018#7,10016
2017#7,84014
2016#7,23016
2015#6,97717
2014#8,96612
2013#10,23510
2012#6,87218
2011#9,72311
2010#6,64119
2009#7,06618
2008#7,07318
2007#6,09322
2006#4,95328
2005#4,70428
2004#6,48918
2003#6,05519
2002#7,81613
2001#8,75811
2000#7,58013
1999#7,71612
1998#8,01611
1997#6,48314
1996#8,8129
1995#8,7669
1994#7,09712
1993#8,05210
1992#8,06510
1991#4,32923
1990#7,88010
1989#4,35821
1988#4,30820
1987#4,66017
1986#3,36026
1985#2,80433
1984#3,42324
1983#2,55235
1982#2,95930
1981#2,23145
1980#2,21845
1979#2,58235
1978#2,43136
1977#2,06346
1976#2,25537
1975#2,27836
1974#1,91345
1973#1,88544
1972#1,50263
1971#1,36478
1970#1,29383
1969#1,18289
1968#1,16686
1967#1,18281
1966#1,27372
1965#1,18782
1964#990116
1963#923130
1962#1,12194
1961#1,090101
1960#1,10395
1959#1,055102
1958#1,17382
1957#1,002108
1956#924120
1955#922114
1954#806136
1953#828125
1952#794129
1951#794125
1950#758130
1949#714141
1948#753128
1947#691148
1946#743120
1945#714109
1944#655128
1943#624147
1942#658129
1941#620130
1940#584144
1939#68099
1938#646112
1937#670103
1936#603119
1935#559131
1934#477180
1933#558131
1932#612116
1931#665100
1930#679102
1929#625121
1928#655114#3,6976
1927#619132#4,2105
1926#669117
1925#593148
1924#592156
1923#616142
1922#651127
1921#553165
1920#550168
1919#494184
1918#481198
1917#530159#3,5456
1916#488173
1915#485160
1914#462139
1913#417140
1912#418124
1911#396104
1910#371110
1909#343109
1908#39983
1907#354100
1906#35987
1905#36785
1904#34689
1903#32690
1902#31995
1901#32885
1900#334103
1899#32784
1898#32493
1897#32082
1896#34372
1895#32378
1894#35561
1893#31573
1892#31472
1891#34254
1890#29869
1889#30762
1888#32056
1887#33241
1886#34239
1885#35432
1884#36829
1883#30034
1882#30633
1881#30127
1880#29428
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lona was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1992–1996, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lona
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 395 spots since 2024 (#7,967#8,362)
  • 2,037 spots since 2020 (#6,325#8,362)
  • 1,385 spots since 2015 (#6,977#8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1963 (#1,121#923)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1965 (#990#1,187)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #294 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 110 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1956
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,759
  • Highest: 1 in 2,759 girls born in 1890 were named Lona (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #294 in 1880, was only 1 in 3,250 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 13.7% of all girls named Lona (1,491) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s381#294 (1880)#322
1890s738#298 (1890)#326
1900s926#319 (1902)#348
1910s1,491#371 (1910)#454
1920s1,390#550 (1920)#612
1930s1,193#477 (1934)#615
1940s1,324#584 (1940)#676
1950s1,171#758 (1950)#906
1960s946#923 (1963)#1,122
1970s503#1,293 (1970)#1,957
1980s296#2,218 (1980)#3,287
1990s120#4,329 (1991)#7,522
2000s188#4,704 (2005)#6,659
2010s150#6,641 (2010)#7,828
2020s90#6,174 (2021)#7,383

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lona in 1942

girls
#658
129 births · 1 in 10,471 girls

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #658Lona129
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 10,471 of them was named Lona, which outranked 87.8% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lona
  1. #653Matilda131
  2. #656Georgene130
  3. #656Marlyn130
  4. #658Lona129
  5. #658Candace129
  6. #658Karolyn129
  7. #658Sharlene129
  8. #662Donnie128
  9. #663Camilla127
  10. #663Jessica127

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942