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
1896 · 159 births
Debut · boys
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #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 1982

girls
#2,901
31 births · 1 in 54,623 girls
boys
#304
651 births · 1 in 2,787 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #2,901Lonnie31

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #304Lonnie651
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 54,623 of them was named Lonnie, which outranked 76.5% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lonnie
  1. #2,830Twanna32
  2. #2,830Vanita32
  3. #2,830Yer32
  4. #2,901Lonnie31
  5. #2,901Alethia31
  6. #2,901Alida31
  7. #2,901Antonella31
  8. #2,959Adelle30
  9. #2,959Ambre30
  10. #2,959Antonietta30

Tied with 57 names at #2,901; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,715Kaleena#2,375#660
  2. 1,197Kala#1,958#761
  3. 1,094Chelsie#2,028#934
  4. 1,081Tenika#2,028#947
  5. 1,044Falon#1,958#914
Fallers
  1. 538Evita#779#1,317
  2. 517Martine#791#1,308
  3. 473Dusty#720#1,193
  4. 470Regan#991#1,461
  5. 401Windy#998#1,399

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

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 2,787 of them was named Lonnie, which outranked 95.9% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lonnie
  1. #301Kirk661
  2. #302Nelson658
  3. #303Rene652
  4. #304Lonnie651
  5. #305Ashley649
  6. #306Ernesto640
  7. #307Bryant639
Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,958Colt#2,418#460
  2. 730Eliot#1,695#965
  3. 532Colton#1,334#802
  4. 478Kiel#1,101#623
  5. 416Eugenio#1,411#995
Fallers
  1. 309Marchello#841#1,150
  2. 237Carmen#851#1,088
  3. 234Claudio#976#1,210
  4. 224Irvin#826#1,050
  5. 222Jeramiah#971#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982