Boys' name · peaked in 1901
Lonnie name popularity since 1925
88,163 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lonnie (6.1% girls, 93.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Lonnie is about 70 years old in 2026. Lonnie peaked in 1901 as the #114 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 88,163
- Named Lonnie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1901
- #114 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,843 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 93.9% boys
- 5,400 girls · 82,763 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 3.13× its national share
Peak year is the year Lonnie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lonnie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Lonnie peaked earlier, in 1901.
- Steepest fall: Between 2002 and 2007, Lonnie's share of baby boys fell by 43%, from 1 in 10,800 to 1 in 18,900.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Lonnie's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lonnie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lonnie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 407 | 3,506 | – |
| 1930s | 751 | 8,117 | #178 |
| 1940s | 1,198 | 15,901 | #143 |
| 1950s | 1,149 | 19,198 | #155 |
| 1960s | 767 | 15,120 | #175 |
| 1970s | 429 | 9,649 | #236 |
| 1980s | 295 | 5,135 | #380 |
| 1990s | 134 | 2,897 | #639 |
| 2000s | 62 | 1,585 | #1,024 |
| 2010s | 99 | 1,101 | #1,411 |
| 2020–25 | 109 | 554 | #1,843 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
42.3% of babies named Lonnie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Lonnie is most popular
The index compares Lonnie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lonnie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 3.13× | 2,666 |
| Mississippi | 3.04× | 3,048 |
| Kentucky | 2.58× | 3,587 |
| Oklahoma | 2.50× | 2,703 |
| West Virginia | 2.09× | 1,521 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lonnie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lonnie (this page) | 82,763 | 1901 |
| Lonny | 6,339 | 1968 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lonnie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lonnie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lonnie (1901).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data