Lona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOH-na
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Lona is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Lona come from?
Short form of names such as Leona or Ilona
Is Lona a girl's or a boy's name?
Lona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Lona, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Lona of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Lona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Lona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Lona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Lona, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 198 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lona in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,551 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,218 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,582 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,431 |
| 1977 | 46 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 37 | #2,255 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,278 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,913 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,885 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,502 |
| 1971 | 78 | #1,364 |
| 1970 | 83 | #1,293 |
| 1969 | 89 | #1,182 |
| 1968 | 86 | #1,166 |
| 1967 | 81 | #1,182 |
| 1966 | 72 | #1,273 |
| 1965 | 82 | #1,187 |
| 1964 | 116 | #990 |
| 1963 | 130 | #923 |
| 1962 | 94 | #1,121 |
| 1961 | 101 | #1,090 |
| 1960 | 95 | #1,102 |
| 1959 | 102 | #1,054 |
| 1958 | 82 | #1,172 |
| 1957 | 108 | #1,001 |
| 1956 | 120 | #923 |
| 1955 | 114 | #921 |
| 1954 | 136 | #805 |
| 1953 | 125 | #827 |
| 1952 | 129 | #793 |
| 1951 | 125 | #793 |
| 1950 | 130 | #757 |
| 1949 | 141 | #713 |
| 1948 | 128 | #752 |
| 1947 | 148 | #691 |
| 1946 | 120 | #743 |
| 1945 | 109 | #714 |
| 1944 | 128 | #655 |
| 1943 | 147 | #624 |
| 1942 | 129 | #658 |
| 1941 | 130 | #620 |
| 1940 | 144 | #584 |
| 1939 | 99 | #680 |
| 1938 | 112 | #646 |
| 1937 | 103 | #670 |
| 1936 | 119 | #603 |
| 1935 | 131 | #559 |
| 1934 | 180 | #477 |
| 1933 | 131 | #558 |
| 1932 | 116 | #612 |
| 1931 | 100 | #665 |
| 1930 | 102 | #679 |
| 1929 | 121 | #625 |
| 1928 | 114 | #655 |
| 1927 | 132 | #619 |
| 1926 | 117 | #669 |
| 1925 | 148 | #593 |
| 1924 | 156 | #592 |
| 1923 | 142 | #616 |
| 1922 | 127 | #651 |
| 1921 | 165 | #553 |
| 1920 | 168 | #550 |
| 1919 | 184 | #494 |
| 1918 | 198 | #481 |
| 1917 | 159 | #530 |
| 1916 | 173 | #488 |
| 1915 | 160 | #485 |
| 1914 | 139 | #462 |
| 1913 | 140 | #417 |
| 1912 | 124 | #418 |
| 1911 | 104 | #396 |
| 1910 | 110 | #371 |
| 1909 | 109 | #343 |
| 1908 | 83 | #399 |
| 1907 | 100 | #354 |
| 1906 | 87 | #359 |
| 1905 | 85 | #367 |
| 1904 | 89 | #346 |
| 1903 | 90 | #326 |
| 1902 | 95 | #319 |
| 1901 | 85 | #328 |
| 1900 | 103 | #334 |
| 1899 | 84 | #327 |
| 1898 | 93 | #324 |
| 1897 | 82 | #320 |
| 1896 | 72 | #343 |
| 1895 | 78 | #323 |
| 1894 | 61 | #355 |
| 1893 | 73 | #315 |
| 1892 | 72 | #314 |
| 1891 | 54 | #342 |
| 1890 | 69 | #298 |
| 1889 | 62 | #307 |
| 1888 | 56 | #320 |
| 1887 | 41 | #332 |
| 1886 | 39 | #342 |
| 1885 | 32 | #354 |
| 1884 | 29 | #368 |
| 1883 | 34 | #300 |
| 1882 | 33 | #306 |
| 1881 | 27 | #301 |
| 1880 | 28 | #294 |
Names like Lona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Clara, Ada, Rosa, Lottie, Eva, Etta, Cora, Nora, Martha, Nina, Matilda
Names related to Lona
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lona, updated 20 October 2026.