Lonita

Girl · recorded 1915–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1942best year

Most popular in 1942.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lonita.

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

071319151934195219711989

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 60 recorded years as a table
Lonita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19156
19175
19195
19216
19224
19244
19257
19264
19277
19285
19306
19317
193210
19338
19345
19355
19365
19385
19395
19416
194213
19435
19456
19467
19478
19483
19496
19504
19515
19527
19534
19543
19553
19563
19574
19585
19593
19605
19614
19624
19635
19644
19657
19664
19679
19684
19696
19706
19715
19723
19734
19745
19764
19784
19795
19804
19813
19834
19874
19893

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lonita isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#12,362
How rare
1 in 368,710 girls
Since 1915
464

Lonita was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1942, at 13 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lonita doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.