Holding steady.
Popularity of Lonette since 1952
Babies named Lonette per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 62 |
| 1960s | 69 |
| 1970s | 57 |
| 1980s | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Lonette first appeared in U.S. Social Security data for girls in 1952, a time when feminine names ending in -ette (like Annette, Collette) were much in vogue. It reached its highest recorded usage in 1955, but even then it was given to fewer than 5 babies, too few to earn a national rank. Since the 1950s, the name has settled into a stable pattern of very rare use, recorded in every decade but never climbing above a handful of births per year. No top states have registered enough Lonettes to appear in the public dataset, underscoring its status as an uncommon, midcentury modern coinage.
Lonette first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 and saw modest use in the 1950s, peaking in 1955. It is likely a modern invented name, formed by blending a short first element such as Lon (from names like Lona or Lonie) with the fashionable feminine suffix -ette, popular in mid-20th-century American name coinages. There is no known pre-modern or foreign-language antecedent.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Loni, Nettie, Lonnie
Sibling names for Lonette
Names that share Lonette's style, for a brother or sister.
