Bonita

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · Last seen for boys in 1961 at #3,652
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1950 · 1,528 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
37,842
since 1888

Bonita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bonita has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #181, 1950girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,86011—
2024#7,25115—
2023#6,92216—
2022#7,63114—
2021#7,63014—
2020#6,92316—
2019#8,59712—
2018#10,5459—
2017#11,6158—
2016#6,18620—
2015#7,61315—
2014#6,98717—
2013#8,13514—
2012#7,45616—
2011#6,85518—
2010#6,38220—
2009#6,81119—
2008#6,79919—
2007#9,53912—
2006#5,54524—
2005#6,24519—
2004#6,76817—
2003#5,41922—
2002#9,48210—
2001#4,44727—
2000#6,20817—
1999#4,20127—
1998#3,91429—
1997#3,54732—
1996#3,50532—
1995#3,67029—
1994#3,37233—
1993#2,41752—
1992#1,94771—
1991#1,95871—
1990#1,89274—
1989#1,68681—
1988#1,56484—
1987#1,318104—
1986#1,62073—
1985#1,85660—
1984#1,50276—
1983#1,48577—
1982#1,44583—
1981#1,114124—
1980#1,111123—
1979#1,198109—
1978#1,221102—
1977#1,160107—
1976#988129—
1975#978126—
1974#772179—
1973#815161—
1972#667224—
1971#637260—
1970#566321—
1969#515361—
1968#502373—
1967#438461—
1966#400528—
1965#363624—
1964#368662—
1963#326831—
1962#305924—
1961#303930#3,6526
1960#316893—
1959#333812—
1958#327822—
1957#289971—
1956#2421,174—
1955#2301,238#3,5056
1954#2321,199—
1953#2181,354—
1952#1991,456—
1951#1901,522—
1950#1811,528—
1949#1861,508—
1948#2031,315—
1947#1891,448—
1946#1981,213—
1945#226844—
1944#204979—
1943#2061,014—
1942#234826—
1941#232742—
1940#275516—
1939#312391—
1938#335359—
1937#398266—
1936#423234—
1935#401260—
1934#422242—
1933#422230—
1932#438226—
1931#447206—
1930#455219—
1929#482197—
1928#492196—
1927#494199—
1926#509188—
1925#485208—
1924#560167—
1923#564164—
1922#647128—
1921#612142—
1920#608137—
1919#70499—
1918#72399—
1917#72193—
1916#631115—
1915#70090—
1914#75958—
1913#67459—
1912#75744—
1911#69839—
1910#67939—
1909#69133—
1908#88220—
1907#84020—
1906#87218—
1905#96815—
1904#77321—
1903#96913—
1902#1,5946—
1901#1,00711—
1900#1,4318—
1899#1,3946—
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1896#1,1229—
1895#1,2028—
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1893#1,1757—
1892#1,4505—
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1888#1,1366—
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Bonita! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Bonita is popular in 1908

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Bonita
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,609 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #8,860)
  • 1,937 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #8,860)
  • 1,247 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #8,860)
  • Biggest jump: 625 spots in 1903 (#1,594 → #969)
  • Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1975 (#772 → #978)
Rise & fade · girls
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1950 at #181 (1,528 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1903–1976
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,121
  • Highest: 1 in 1,121 girls born in 1950 were named Bonita (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 31.9% of all girls named Bonita (12,076) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,136 (1888)#1,136
1890s35#1,122 (1896)#1,269
1900s165#691 (1909)#1,003
1910s735#631 (1916)#705
1920s1,726#482 (1929)#545
1930s2,633#312 (1939)#405
1940s10,405#186 (1949)#215
1950s12,076#181 (1950)#244
1960s6,587#303 (1961)#384
1970s1,718#566 (1970)#900
1980s885#1,111 (1980)#1,470
1990s450#1,892 (1990)#3,042
2000s186#4,447 (2001)#6,726
2010s149#6,186 (2016)#8,037
2020s86#6,922 (2023)#7,536

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bonita in 1908

girls
#882
20 births · 1 in 16,716 girls

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #882Bonita20
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 16,716 of them was named Bonita, which outranked 63.8% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bonita
  1. #849Trudie21
  2. #849Zada21
  3. #849Zettie21
  4. #882Bonita20
  5. #882Amber20
  6. #882Ardelia20
  7. #882Cathrine20
  8. #912Allean19
  9. #912Arizona19
  10. #912Arnetta19

Tied with 29 names at #882; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,122Bernetta#2,061 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,122Nila#2,061 → #939
  3. ↑ 909Arnetta#1,821 → #912
  4. ↑ 703Edra#1,512 → #809
  5. ↑ 703Hertha#1,512 → #809
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Aurore#840 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,178Tula#923 → #2,101
  3. ↓ 1,111Oneida#990 → #2,101
  4. ↓ 1,043Walter#819 → #1,862
  5. ↓ 1,022Gayle#840 → #1,862

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908 →