How Many People Are Named Lonnie?

57,086

people named Lonnie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 5,987 people in the US has this name

Based on 101,481 babies named Lonnie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#834

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#371

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Peak Year

1947

2,237 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: LAHN-ee
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Short form of ALONZO and other names containing the same sound.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Lonnie in English. Counting Lonnie and these spellings together, about 61,776 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

AdalfunsAlfonsHadufunsHildefonsFonsFunsLonLonnyAlphonseAfonsoAlphonsusAlfonsoAlonzoAlfonzAlonso

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
6.3%
Male
93.7%

Of the babies given the name Lonnie, 6.3% were girls and 93.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 13.1% of the babies were girls then and 16.4% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Lonnie alive today is about 59 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 72 in 2025.

Under 30 4,354
7.6%
30 to 59 21,225
37.2%
60 and over 31,507
55.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Lonnie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 2,237 babies. In 2025, 109 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Lonnie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #114, in 1896 and 1901. In 2025 it ranked #1,843.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,843
Best rank#114 (1896 and 1901)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#153 in the 1950s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Lonnie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Lonnie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5,098 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lonnie was given 2.7 times as often in Arkansas, 2.6 times in Mississippi and 2.3 times in Oklahoma.

Texas 5,098
California 3,888
North Carolina 2,428
Ohio 2,372
Illinois 2,322
Georgia 2,319
Kentucky 2,154
Florida 2,085
Tennessee 1,907
Missouri 1,846
Louisiana 1,823
Michigan 1,788
Mississippi 1,642
Alabama 1,621
Oklahoma 1,449
Indiana 1,419
Arkansas 1,415
Pennsylvania 1,298
New York 1,277
Virginia 1,239
South Carolina 1,163
Washington 851
Iowa 849
Kansas 833
West Virginia 800
Minnesota 740
Colorado 639
Nebraska 614
Wisconsin 563
Oregon 563
New Jersey 449
Arizona 405
Maryland 387
New Mexico 361
Utah 324
South Dakota 289
Idaho 253
North Dakota 195
Montana 175
District of Columbia 166
Connecticut 57
Nevada 55
Massachusetts 53
Wyoming 48
Alaska 13
Maine 13
Vermont 3
Delaware 3

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