Lonnie

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #1,837 for boys in 2025, 86 births
Given to boys 93.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#114
1896 · 159 births
Debut · boys
1880
53 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
94,486
since 1880

Lonnie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #466, 1880peak #114, 1896girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023#1,83786
2024#5,30024#1,80990
2023#7,24715#1,72796
2022#6,70717#1,86185
2021#5,95520#1,66799
2020#9,54610#1,63498
2019#9,11211#1,75589
2018#6,79217#1,67195
2017#9,94310#1,74688
2016#8,87512#1,484115
2015#8,93112#1,406122
2014#11,9318#1,389122
2013#13,1507#1,405119
2012#12,1998#1,448114
2011#12,1538#1,459112
2010#14,9596#1,358125
2009#13,7047#1,257140
2008#17,5045#1,188149
2007#17,6365#1,457110
2006—#1,073166
2005#10,12810#1,021165
2004#9,26411#1,053153
2003—#1,049148
2002#13,5956#901179
2001#12,0567#876181
2000#8,53411#824194
1999#11,3857#776205
1998—#787194
1997#6,84413#706224
1996#5,77116#670246
1995#5,95815#638265
1994#7,60411#573321
1993#5,95515#576317
1992#4,68621#539354
1991#5,39917#497394
1990#4,86819#509377
1989#3,78426#461417
1988#4,65318#443415
1987#2,85234#446399
1986#4,18619#419419
1985#3,41925#380474
1984#3,87420#360505
1983#2,31041#349520
1982#2,90131#304651
1981#2,52937#301641
1980#2,24644#294694
1979#2,34340#279734
1978#3,00926#277700
1977#2,51534#243848
1976#2,38734#241833
1975#2,09741#236873
1974#2,17237#227922
1973#1,62256#220985
1972#1,80447#2071,098
1971#2,10739#1951,274
1970#1,38975#1941,382
1969#1,60955#1921,385
1968#1,38765#1811,444
1967#1,52454#1851,325
1966#1,44858#1781,429
1965#1,29270#1751,505
1964#1,19086#1711,597
1963#1,08799#1891,575
1962#1,18486#1941,561
1961#1,095100#1911,595
1960#1,11794#1821,704
1959#1,09995#1731,776
1958#988110#1711,775
1957#951117#1572,048
1956#927119#1552,014
1955#995101#1551,857
1954#940105#1461,976
1953#806130#1471,919
1952#825122#1481,888
1951#824118#1391,946
1950#751132#1351,999
1949#835111#1342,018
1948#720137#1342,040
1947#685151#1372,086
1946#672141#1361,775
1945#624135#1431,463
1944#681120#1481,434
1943#721114#1441,462
1942#81488#1481,318
1941#70798#1471,202
1940#683103#1531,103
1939#72787#1501,071
1938#74985#160997
1937#79674#171855
1936#73981#177749
1935#83468#178758
1934#77475#180754
1933#79070#176736
1932#86964#179762
1931#75079#183720
1930#86768#193715
1929#74688#190722
1928#86271#197708
1927#78685#199709
1926#91167#207660
1925#75396#199707
1924#78889#196716
1923#88170#202670
1922#76392#195704
1921#88570#209643
1920#75792#186740
1919#79279#210592
1918#78583#194658
1917#83467#196597
1916#90456#201567
1915#85658#199546
1914#81751#186468
1913#75848#191351
1912#76343#179327
1911#79030#157213
1910#64044#148217
1909#66935#128209
1908#80923#142169
1907#68031#131182
1906#52843#132156
1905#58735#120179
1904#88017#147133
1903#59630#129145
1902#66725#137138
1901#69921#114148
1900#61133#125186
1899#61625#134119
1898#65025#138129
1897#59426#142114
1896#99911#114159
1895#63823#134120
1894#60923#117138
1893#53527#131114
1892#86112#133120
1891#64417#118117
1890#66716#135107
1889#51624#136106
1888#79311#148101
1887#58615#16676
1886#57215#15788
1885#55715#17674
1884#1,0245#15788
1883#6519#14091
1882#50713#17378
1881#8305#15877
1880#46613#22053
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lonnie was already there! It came in at #220, and was given to 53 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 79 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lonnie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#1,809 → #1,837)
  • 203 spots since 2020 (#1,634 → #1,837)
  • 431 spots since 2015 (#1,406 → #1,837)
  • Biggest jump: 62 spots in 1881 (#220 → #158)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 2003 (#901 → #1,049)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1896 at #114 (159 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 123 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–2002
Share of babies · boys
1 in 719
  • Highest: 1 in 719 boys born in 1901 were named Lonnie (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,861 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #114 in 1896, was only 1 in 752 (0.13%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.3% of all boys named Lonnie (19,198) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s832#136 (1889)#163
1890s1,237#114 (1896)#130
1900s1,645#114 (1901)#131
1910s4,536#148 (1910)#186
1920s6,979#186 (1920)#198
1930s8,117#150 (1939)#175
1940s15,901#134 (1948)#142
1950s19,198#135 (1950)#153
1960s15,120#171 (1964)#184
1970s9,649#194 (1970)#232
1980s5,135#294 (1980)#376
1990s2,897#497 (1991)#627
2000s1,585#824 (2000)#1,070
2010s1,101#1,358 (2010)#1,512
2020s554#1,634 (2020)#1,756

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

Lonnie in 1969

girls
#1,609
55 births · 1 in 30,673 girls
boys
#192
1,385 births · 1 in 1,291 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #1,609Lonnie55

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #192Lonnie1,385
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 30,673 of them was named Lonnie, which outranked 81.5% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lonnie
  1. #1,591Samatha56
  2. #1,591Theodora56
  3. #1,591Todd56
  4. #1,609Lonnie55
  5. #1,609Bari55
  6. #1,609Cecily55
  7. #1,609Chantell55
  8. #1,635Abbie54
  9. #1,635Goldie54
  10. #1,635Jasmine54

Tied with 25 names at #1,609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 1,291 of them was named Lonnie, which outranked 96.2% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lonnie
  1. #189Francis1,429
  2. #190Jim1,427
  3. #191Jesus1,403
  4. #192Lonnie1,385
  5. #193Wade1,364
  6. #194Don1,349
  7. #195Clarence1,335
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →