How Many People Are Named Lonita?
An estimated 260 people in the United States have the first name Lonita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 64 years old, and Lonita peaked in popularity in 1942 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lonita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Lonita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
260
About 1 in 1,318,286 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
64
years old
Peak Year
1942
17 births
Total Registered
464
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lonita
Lonita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 464 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Lonita as a female name
Ranked #13,621 in 1989
5 female births in 1989
Peak: 1942 (17 births)
Lonita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lonita span from the 1910s to the 1980s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 95 babies were registered. While Lonita is less common than at its peak in the 1960s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Lonita by Decade
How has Lonita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Lonita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lonita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lonita
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lonita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lonita?
We estimate approximately 260 people named Lonita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,318,286 Americans share this first name.
Is Lonita a common name?
Lonita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 464 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lonita most popular?
Lonita reached peak popularity in 1942, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lonita is approximately 64 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lonita a female name?
Lonita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lonita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lonita Smith, Lonita Johnson, Lonita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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