How rare is the name Lonnie?

51,396 people in the United States have the first name Lonnie, about 1 in 5,877. It ranks #880 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LONNIE

#880

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
51,396
About
1 in 5,877
This common or more
68.2%
Who bears it

Of the 51,396 people named Lonnie, 68% reported their origin as White, 24% as Black and 3.5% as two or more races. 93.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lonnie peaked in 1947, when 2,237 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
2,237
In 2025*
109 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 101,481 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.

Lonnie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #297. The largest share of babies named Lonnie, 36.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#331957
1890s#3361,442
1900s#3431,938
1910s#4195,095
1920s#4157,799
1930s#3738,868
1940s#29717,099
1950s#32320,347
1960s#39015,887
1970s#48310,078
1980s#7665,430
1990s#1,3103,031
2000s#2,3501,647
2010s#3,1501,200
2020s#3,326663
Before 19012.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2712.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.8%
Baby boom 1946–6436.8%
Generation X 1965–8017.9%
Millennials 1981–967%
Generation Z 1997–122.6%
2013 and later1.5%

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 Lonnie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lonnie has been most common in Mississippi (3.1×), Arkansas (3.1×), and Kentucky (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.03×).

90,225 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 Lonnie

#878 Kayden · 51,575#879 Kaitlin · 51,533#881 Ismael · 51,341#882 Conner · 51,296

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lonnie, most common first.

#16,565 Lonie · 678#19,129 Lonni · 558#43,502 Lonne · 162

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