Bonita

Where Bonita comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Bonita.

  • Vowel-ended
Bonita through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,136 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1923
    Bonita Granville born
    American actress
  3. 1950
    Peak, #181
    1,528 babies named Bonita, the most in any year.
  4. 1961
    Bonita Friedericy born
    American actress
  5. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #368.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Bonita Granville · American actress, 1923–1988
  • Bonita Friedericy · American actress, born 1961
  • Bonita Pietila · Casting director and producer, born 1953
  • Bonita Ely · Australian artist, born 1946
  • Bonita C. Stewart · American marketing and sales executive, born 1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.