Lona
Lona is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 299th, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1918198 births
- Best rank
- #299in 1890
- Since 1880
- 10,895people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,895 girls have been named Lona in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 198 births.
The name has all but left use: 13 births in 2024, against 198 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1910s alone account for 14%. It has spent 79 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lona | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 381 | |
| 1890s | 738 | |
| 1900s | 926 | |
| 1910s | 1,491 | |
| 1920s | 1,390 | |
| 1930s | 1,193 | |
| 1940s | 1,324 | |
| 1950s | 1,171 | |
| 1960s | 946 | |
| 1970s | 503 | |
| 1980s | 296 | |
| 1990s | 120 | |
| 2000s | 188 | |
| 2010s | 150 | |
| 2020s | 78 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Lona was the 482nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Lona
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Loviepeak 1919
- Lelapeak 1921
- Floridapeak 1925
- Lenniepeak 1915
- Olapeak 1921
- Venapeak 1919
- Jettiepeak 1918
- Dessiepeak 1918
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.