Lona is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Lona is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,653 for girl births in the United States (and #14,777 across all names), given to 12 babies. Lona was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (198 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #8,653 | — |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #8,242 | — |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | #8,772 | — |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | #7,159 | — |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #6,309 | — |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | #6,517 | — |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 | #6,911 | — |
| 2018 | 16 | 16 | #7,281 | — |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #8,116 | — |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | #7,458 | — |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | #7,144 | — |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 | #9,309 | — |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | #10,703 | — |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 | #7,044 | — |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | #10,135 | — |
| 2010 | 19 | 19 | #6,795 | — |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | #7,222 | — |
| 2008 | 18 | 18 | #7,259 | — |
| 2007 | 22 | 22 | #6,225 | — |
| 2006 | 28 | 28 | #5,041 | — |
| 2005 | 28 | 28 | #4,784 | — |
| 2004 | 18 | 18 | #6,659 | — |
| 2003 | 19 | 19 | #6,206 | — |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | #8,107 | — |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | #9,113 | — |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #7,841 | — |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #8,018 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | #8,337 | — |
| 1997 | 14 | — | #6,684 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #9,247 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #9,213 | — |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #7,397 | — |
| 1993 | 10 | — | #8,430 | — |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #8,467 | — |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #4,420 | — |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #8,251 | — |
| 1989 | 21 | — | #4,449 | — |
| 1988 | 20 | — | #4,409 | — |
| 1987 | 17 | — | #4,789 | — |
| 1986 | 26 | — | #3,417 | — |
| 1985 | 33 | — | #2,837 | — |
| 1984 | 24 | — | #3,473 | — |
| 1983 | 35 | — | #2,578 | — |
| 1982 | 30 | — | #2,988 | — |
| 1981 | 45 | — | #2,247 | — |
| 1980 | 45 | — | #2,232 | — |
| 1979 | 35 | — | #2,603 | — |
| 1978 | 36 | — | #2,454 | — |
| 1977 | 46 | — | #2,079 | — |
| 1976 | 37 | — | #2,279 | — |
| 1975 | 36 | — | #2,304 | — |
| 1974 | 45 | — | #1,928 | — |
| 1973 | 44 | — | #1,898 | — |
| 1972 | 63 | — | #1,510 | — |
| 1971 | 78 | — | #1,372 | — |
| 1970 | 83 | — | #1,298 | — |
| 1969 | 89 | — | #1,187 | — |
| 1968 | 86 | — | #1,168 | — |
| 1967 | 81 | — | #1,185 | — |
| 1966 | 72 | — | #1,279 | — |
| 1965 | 82 | — | #1,192 | — |
| 1964 | 116 | — | #993 | — |
| 1963 | 130 | — | #928 | — |
| 1962 | 94 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1961 | 101 | — | #1,094 | — |
| 1960 | 95 | — | #1,108 | — |
| 1959 | 102 | — | #1,056 | — |
| 1958 | 82 | — | #1,178 | — |
| 1957 | 108 | — | #1,006 | — |
| 1956 | 120 | — | #924 | — |
| 1955 | 114 | — | #923 | — |
| 1954 | 136 | — | #808 | — |
| 1953 | 125 | — | #830 | — |
| 1952 | 129 | — | #797 | — |
| 1951 | 125 | — | #797 | — |
| 1950 | 130 | — | #759 | — |
| 1949 | 141 | — | #717 | — |
| 1948 | 128 | — | #756 | — |
| 1947 | 148 | — | #694 | — |
| 1946 | 120 | — | #745 | — |
| 1945 | 109 | — | #715 | — |
| 1944 | 128 | — | #657 | — |
| 1943 | 147 | — | #627 | — |
| 1942 | 129 | — | #660 | — |
| 1941 | 130 | — | #620 | — |
| 1940 | 144 | — | #584 | — |
| 1939 | 99 | — | #683 | — |
| 1938 | 112 | — | #648 | — |
| 1937 | 103 | — | #671 | — |
| 1936 | 119 | — | #603 | — |
| 1935 | 131 | — | #559 | — |
| 1934 | 180 | — | #477 | — |
| 1933 | 131 | — | #561 | — |
| 1932 | 116 | — | #613 | — |
| 1931 | 100 | — | #666 | — |
| 1930 | 102 | — | #681 | — |
| 1929 | 121 | — | #626 | — |
| 1928 | 120 | — | #656 | #3,963 |
| 1927 | 137 | — | #620 | #4,541 |
| 1926 | 117 | — | #670 | — |
| 1925 | 148 | — | #596 | — |
| 1924 | 156 | — | #592 | — |
| 1923 | 142 | — | #618 | — |
| 1922 | 127 | — | #651 | — |
| 1921 | 165 | — | #556 | — |
| 1920 | 168 | — | #552 | — |
| 1919 | 184 | — | #495 | — |
| 1918 | 198 | — | #482 | — |
| 1917 | 165 | — | #531 | #3,801 |
| 1916 | 173 | — | #488 | — |
| 1915 | 160 | — | #487 | — |
| 1914 | 139 | — | #462 | — |
| 1913 | 140 | — | #417 | — |
| 1912 | 124 | — | #418 | — |
| 1911 | 104 | — | #397 | — |
| 1910 | 110 | — | #372 | — |
| 1909 | 109 | — | #345 | — |
| 1908 | 83 | — | #401 | — |
| 1907 | 100 | — | #357 | — |
| 1906 | 87 | — | #361 | — |
| 1905 | 85 | — | #369 | — |
| 1904 | 89 | — | #347 | — |
| 1903 | 90 | — | #331 | — |
| 1902 | 95 | — | #319 | — |
| 1901 | 85 | — | #329 | — |
| 1900 | 103 | — | #334 | — |
| 1899 | 84 | — | #327 | — |
| 1898 | 93 | — | #324 | — |
| 1897 | 82 | — | #323 | — |
| 1896 | 72 | — | #343 | — |
| 1895 | 78 | — | #323 | — |
| 1894 | 61 | — | #357 | — |
| 1893 | 73 | — | #316 | — |
| 1892 | 72 | — | #317 | — |
| 1891 | 54 | — | #343 | — |
| 1890 | 69 | — | #299 | — |
| 1889 | 62 | — | #311 | — |
| 1888 | 56 | — | #323 | — |
| 1887 | 41 | — | #335 | — |
| 1886 | 39 | — | #343 | — |
| 1885 | 32 | — | #359 | — |
| 1884 | 29 | — | #373 | — |
| 1883 | 34 | — | #303 | — |
| 1882 | 33 | — | #310 | — |
| 1881 | 27 | — | #305 | — |
| 1880 | 28 | — | #302 | — |