first name
LONA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,554 people named Lona, 81.5% reported their origin as White, 9.2% as Black and 3.2% as two or more races. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lona peaked in 1918, when 198 babies got the name.
At least 10,924 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lona by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #526. The largest share of babies named Lona, 31.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lona is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lona has been most common in West Virginia (7.7×), Kentucky (5×), and North Carolina (3×), and least common in Florida (0.21×).
4,384 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lona
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lona, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lona ranks #18,805 of 156,621, with 1,447 people. See Lona as a last name
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