Is Lonie a boy or girl name?

Lonie is a unisex name. Of the 2,755 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 60.9% were girls and 39.1% were boys. It changed hands in 1943, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Lonie

Recorded 1880–1990 · United States

Lonie was most popular in 1919, when 76 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,510 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,755 people named Lonie.

Lonie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lonie’s peak in 1919. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lonie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lonie is a unisex name — 60.9% of the 2,755 Americans given it were girls and 39.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 1943 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lonie

Where Lonie is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org