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Lonnie

Gender
Mostly boys
Say it
LON-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#1,859 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,837 for boys

Lonnie is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 1,837th for boys in the US (86 babies).

What does Lonnie mean?

English: pet form of names such as Alonzo or Lawrence

Lonnie Donegan, the 'King of Skiffle', made the name familiar in Britain from the 1950s.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lonnie a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Lonnie has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 23 girls and 86 boys in the US.

How popular is Lonnie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,859th among boys
Babies in 2025
14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Lonnie, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 boys.

Half of all the boys named Lonnie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2021, 23% of the babies named Lonnie in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 17 in 20212025
Lonnie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202514#1,859
202410#2,328
20234#4,335
20227#2,922
202117#1,547
20205#3,502
20198#2,633
20188#2,576
20173#4,995
20169#2,468
20151#6,220
20146#3,125
20130–
20125#3,572
20110–
20100–
20091#6,016
20086#2,906
20077#2,554
20060–
20050–
20041#4,870
20030–
20023#3,325
20010–
20003#3,146
19990–
19980–
19970–
19963#2,949

How popular is Lonnie in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,837th among boys
Babies in 2025
86 about 1 in 20,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 86 boys in the US were named Lonnie, making it the 1,837th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,634th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 2,086 boys. 23 girls were also named Lonnie in 2025 (5,409th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Lonnie in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 91 boys in the US were given Lonnie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,575, up from #1,837 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 21% of the babies named Lonnie in the US were girls.

1880Busiest: 2,086 in 19472025
Lonnie in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202586#1,837
202490#1,809
202396#1,727
202285#1,861
202199#1,667
202098#1,634
201989#1,755
201895#1,671
201788#1,746
2016115#1,484
2015122#1,406
2014122#1,389
2013119#1,405
2012114#1,448
2011112#1,459
2010125#1,358
2009140#1,257
2008149#1,188
2007110#1,457
2006166#1,073
2005165#1,020
2004153#1,052
2003148#1,048
2002179#900
2001181#875
2000194#822
1999205#774
1998194#786
1997224#705
1996246#669
1995265#637
1994321#572
1993317#575
1992354#539
1991394#497
1990377#508
1989417#461
1988415#443
1987399#446
1986419#419
1985474#380
1984505#360
1983520#349
1982651#304
1981641#301
1980694#294
1979734#279
1978700#277
1977848#243
1976833#241
1975873#236
1974922#227
1973985#220
19721,098#207
19711,274#195
19701,382#194
19691,385#192
19681,444#181
19671,325#185
19661,429#178
19651,505#175
19641,597#171
19631,575#189
19621,561#194
19611,595#191
19601,704#182
19591,776#173
19581,775#171
19572,048#157
19562,014#155
19551,857#155
19541,976#146
19531,919#147
19521,888#148
19511,946#139
19501,999#135
19492,018#134
19482,040#134
19472,086#137
19461,775#136
19451,463#143
19441,434#148
19431,462#144
19421,318#148
19411,202#147
19401,103#153
19391,071#150
1938997#160
1937855#171
1936749#177
1935758#178
1934754#180
1933736#176
1932762#179
1931720#183
1930715#193
1929722#190
1928708#197
1927709#199
1926660#207
1925707#199
1924716#196
1923670#202
1922704#195
1921643#209
1920740#186
1919592#210
1918658#194
1917597#196
1916567#201
1915546#199
1914468#186
1913351#191
1912327#179
1911213#157
1910217#148
1909209#128
1908169#142
1907182#131
1906156#132
1905179#120
1904133#147
1903145#129
1902138#137
1901148#114
1900186#125
1899119#134
1898129#138
1897114#142
1896159#114
1895120#134
1894138#117
1893114#131
1892120#133
1891117#118
1890107#135
1889106#136
1888101#148
188776#166
188688#157
188574#176
188488#157
188391#140
188278#173
188177#158
188053#220

Names like Lonnie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Freddie, Louie, Archie, Stanley, Eddie, Chester, Frankie, Ollie, Frederick, Arthur, Laurie, Charlie

Other spellings of Lonnie

Lonny

Names related to Lonnie

Lennie, Leonie, Leonnie, Loni, Lynnie, Linnie, Lannie

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

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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, “Lonnie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lonnie, updated 20 October 2026.