Lonnie
A pet form of Alonzo and Alphonso, the Spanish forms of a Visigothic name built from Germanic elements meaning noble and ready.
Lonnie in 2025
Lonnie was given to 109 babies in the United States in 2025 — 86 boys and 23 girls, making it the 3,347th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 30,416 babies born.
The history of Lonnie
Lonnie reached its highest point in 1947, when 2,237 babies were given the name, ranking 266th that year.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 101,481 babies have been named Lonnie. Half of them were born before 1953, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Baby Boomers.
Lonnie by decade
| Decade | Babies named Lonnie | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 957 | 289 |
| 1890s | 1,442 | 311 |
| 1900s | 1,938 | 314 |
| 1910s | 5,095 | 364 |
| 1920s | 7,799 | 393 |
| 1930s | 8,868 | 314 |
| 1940s | 17,099 | 266 |
| 1950s | 20,347 | 276 |
| 1960s | 15,887 | 370 |
| 1970s | 10,078 | 402 |
| 1980s | 5,430 | 616 |
| 1990s | 3,031 | 1,054 |
| 2000s | 1,647 | 1,798 |
| 2010s | 1,200 | 2,902 |
| 2020s | 663 | 3,167 |
Where Lonnie is heading
Lonnie has fallen 19% over the past decade, from 134 babies in 2015 to 109 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1947 peak — Lonnie is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Lonnie
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Lonnie.