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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #294, 1880girls
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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#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.

Where Lona is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1892

girls
#314
72 births · 1 in 2,949 girls

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #314Lona72
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 2,949 of them was named Lona, which outranked 81.1% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lona
  1. #311Chloe76
  2. #311Ivy76
  3. #311Rae76
  4. #314Lona72
  5. #314Antoinette72
  6. #314Floy72
  7. #314Frankie72
  8. #320Edythe71
  9. #320Leota71
  10. #320Reba71

Tied with 5 names at #314; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Lollie#1,093 → #540
  2. ↑ 536Leonore#1,332 → #796
  3. ↑ 528Gwendolyn#1,213 → #685
  4. ↑ 507Antonette#1,213 → #706
  5. ↑ 507Monnie#1,213 → #706
Fallers
  1. ↓ 700Nathalie#750 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 654Eudora#624 → #1,278
  3. ↓ 611Leva#839 → #1,450
  4. ↓ 611Roy#839 → #1,450
  5. ↓ 609Pollie#669 → #1,278

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →