Lonny
Last seen for girls in 1982 at #10,517 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 209 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,357since 1920
Lonny over time
Rank among boys' names. Lonny has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,815 | 37 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,057 | 29 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,690 | 34 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,562 | 38 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,441 | 44 |
| 1981 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,103 | 67 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,056 | 70 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,051 | 69 | |
| 1977 | — | #875 | 93 | |
| 1976 | — | #905 | 84 | |
| 1975 | — | #827 | 101 | |
| 1974 | — | #834 | 93 | |
| 1973 | — | #772 | 106 | |
| 1972 | — | #669 | 144 | |
| 1971 | — | #717 | 133 | |
| 1970 | — | #647 | 159 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #628 | 158 |
| 1968 | — | #533 | 205 | |
| 1967 | — | #627 | 144 | |
| 1966 | — | #527 | 209 | |
| 1965 | — | #605 | 159 | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #578 | 187 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #569 | 191 |
| 1962 | — | #608 | 162 | |
| 1961 | — | #558 | 197 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #625 | 155 |
| 1959 | — | #572 | 186 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #565 | 187 |
| 1957 | — | #531 | 213 | |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #605 | 158 |
| 1955 | — | #585 | 157 | |
| 1954 | — | #590 | 156 | |
| 1953 | — | #601 | 145 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #677 | 105 |
| 1951 | — | #601 | 134 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #585 | 135 |
| 1949 | — | #610 | 124 | |
| 1948 | — | #540 | 151 | |
| 1947 | — | #610 | 125 | |
| 1946 | — | #663 | 95 | |
| 1945 | — | #657 | 84 | |
| 1944 | — | #679 | 83 | |
| 1943 | — | #724 | 79 | |
| 1942 | — | #740 | 75 | |
| 1941 | — | #746 | 69 | |
| 1940 | — | #726 | 71 | |
| 1939 | — | #717 | 69 | |
| 1938 | — | #808 | 59 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,233 | 29 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lonny! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lonny is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Minnesota#189 · 1 in 2,221
- Oregon#227 · 1 in 2,235
- Washington#283 · 1 in 3,532
- Iowa#288 · 1 in 4,385
- Kansas#330 · 1 in 4,954
Best ever in a state: #141 in North Dakota, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #189 | 18 | 1 in 2,221 |
| Oregon | #227 | 8 | 1 in 2,235 |
| Washington | #283 | 9 | 1 in 3,532 |
| Iowa | #288 | 7 | 1 in 4,385 |
| Kansas | #330 | 5 | 1 in 4,954 |
| Wisconsin | #363 | 5 | 1 in 9,152 |
| Missouri | #427 | 6 | 1 in 8,023 |
| Indiana | #466 | 5 | 1 in 11,057 |
| Michigan | #501 | 8 | 1 in 12,509 |
| California | #528 | 16 | 1 in 10,485 |
| Pennsylvania | #604 | 5 | 1 in 24,620 |
| Ohio | #643 | 5 | 1 in 23,135 |
| Texas | #753 | 9 | 1 in 13,764 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lonny
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 425 spots in 1938 (#1,233 → #808)
- Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1978 (#875 → #1,051)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1966 at #527 (209 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1938–1977
- Highest: 1 in 8,478 boys born in 1968 were named Lonny (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #527 in 1966, was only 1 in 8,533 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.8% of all boys named Lonny (1,767) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 51 | #2,755 (1925) | #3,455 |
| 1930s | 246 | #717 (1939) | #1,813 |
| 1940s | 956 | #540 (1948) | #670 |
| 1950s | 1,576 | #531 (1957) | #591 |
| 1960s | 1,767 | #527 (1966) | #586 |
| 1970s | 1,052 | #647 (1970) | #835 |
| 1980s | 382 | #1,103 (1980) | #1,754 |
| 1990s | 156 | #1,909 (1990) | #4,841 |
| 2000s | 98 | #4,785 (2000) | #7,661 |
| 2010s | 40 | #8,215 (2019) | #10,264 |
| 2020s | 33 | #6,335 (2021) | #10,991 |
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.
Lonny in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 223,078 of them was named Lonny, which outranked 39.6% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 13,388 of them was named Lonny, which outranked 86.4% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).