Bonnie

#396 for girls in 2025, 785 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1950 · 9,746 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
40 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
328,675
since 1880

Bonnie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #33, 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#396785—
2024#443704—
2023#502607#12,2395
2022#527592—
2021#512604—
2020#606481—
2019#646450—
2018#691420—
2017#699416—
2016#897312—
2015#863323—
2014#866318—
2013#1,044237—
2012#1,096225—
2011#1,111222—
2010#1,263189—
2009#1,374173—
2008#1,334184—
2007#1,415168—
2006#1,281186—
2005#1,203190—
2004#1,135201—
2003#945248—
2002#1,002219—
2001#895255—
2000#919235—
1999#818265—
1998#717308—
1997#640347—
1996#590386—
1995#588387—
1994#531464#8,8005
1993#541442#8,7005
1992#450555—
1991#445574#5,09610
1990#379694#4,99310
1989#330764#4,81110
1988#298831#5,7517
1987#258984#3,95911
1986#2371,092#4,13010
1985#2211,176#4,05210
1984#2061,273#2,61318
1983#2021,277#4,9077
1982#1991,368#2,83116
1981#1691,624#3,41212
1980#1661,710#3,25613
1979#1711,627#3,56911
1978#2271,090#4,1578
1977#1991,341#3,38611
1976#2041,204#3,47110
1975#1881,345#2,36118
1974#1811,452#2,27718
1973#1641,685#2,40516
1972#1571,853#2,32316
1971#1382,329#2,27917
1970#1302,747#2,29316
1969#1282,647#1,68024
1968#1162,953#1,69522
1967#1023,370#1,75820
1966#903,842#1,58024
1965#894,130#1,51326
1964#894,686#1,48728
1963#835,226#1,42630
1962#795,812#1,24239
1961#756,033#1,57026
1960#716,389#1,22941
1959#716,456#1,22840
1958#636,996#1,16344
1957#647,242#1,31835
1956#518,133#1,09248
1955#458,637#1,18140
1954#528,099#1,09647
1953#458,615#89564
1952#419,383#89662
1951#379,706#91958
1950#339,746#93454
1949#359,732#85664
1948#349,817#79972
1947#3510,214#82271
1946#339,510#84261
1945#357,745#81758
1944#348,456#80161
1943#348,870#66892
1942#348,823#70184
1941#337,762#66285
1940#395,957#75866
1939#613,887#82954
1938#653,773#71074
1937#643,595#68776
1936#653,374#63782
1935#623,610#68877
1934#583,753#61194
1933#683,373#64281
1932#643,621#63289
1931#733,552#74269
1930#783,265#74972
1929#862,974#73473
1928#892,923#76771
1927#1002,796#71682
1926#1052,609#73775
1925#1072,532#77971
1924#1172,296#78773
1923#1262,094#77772
1922#1371,824#80969
1921#1511,609#89061
1920#1541,515#82666
1919#1631,343#79067
1918#1781,151#84161
1917#1701,177#76567
1916#185992#66279
1915#180939#75763
1914#174783#75149
1913#180648#71142
1912#183539#80030
1911#181389#62424
1910#183374#70718
1909#177337#65317
1908#188299#71214
1907#192279#81511
1906#186268#8529
1905#188264#46323
1904#181268#53817
1903#210200#55016
1902#221182#74410
1901#215179—
1900#212220#55519
1899#218159#61311
1898#210187#54315
1897#233142#7259
1896#217163#67411
1895#243129#60912
1894#247119#7309
1893#239120#1,0355
1892#232126#59712
1891#243100#6359
1890#25298#6679
1889#28968#6739
1888#27770#7558
1887#27459#54411
1886#33840—
1885#27253#7657
1884#34932#7647
1883#41121—
1882#41819—
1881#31725—
1880#44914—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bonnie was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 15 girls a year got the name.

Where Bonnie is popular in 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNHWashington: #102 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 388 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #194 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,226 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedRIOregon: #77 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 229 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedSDIowa: #155 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 817 girlsIAIndiana: #132 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 672 girlsINOhio: #292 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,994 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedCONebraska: #142 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 699 girlsNEMissouri: #175 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 911 girlsMOKentucky: #106 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 409 girlsKYWest Virginia: #137 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 572 girlsWVVirginia: #143 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 634 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNMKansas: #164 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 797 girlsKSArkansas: #181 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 754 girlsARTennessee: #65 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 233 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #120 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 504 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #227 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,560 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #77 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 260 girlsOKLouisiana: #315 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,942 girlsLAMississippi: #191 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 872 girlsMSAlabama: #161 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 819 girlsALGeorgia: #186 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,114 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedHITexas: #91 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 333 girlsTXFlorida: #155 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 671 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#65 · 1 in 233
  2. Oregon#77 · 1 in 229
  3. Oklahoma#77 · 1 in 260
  4. Texas#91 · 1 in 333
  5. Washington#102 · 1 in 388

Best ever in a state: #7 in Nevada, 1940.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#65451 in 233
Oklahoma#77281 in 260
Oregon#7761 in 229
Texas#91581 in 333
Washington#10271 in 388
Kentucky#106261 in 409
North Carolina#120251 in 504
Indiana#132111 in 672
West Virginia#137101 in 572
Nebraska#14251 in 699
Virginia#143171 in 634
Florida#15561 in 671
Iowa#15571 in 817
Alabama#161161 in 819
Kansas#16461 in 797
Missouri#175121 in 911
Arkansas#181101 in 754
Georgia#186141 in 1,114
Mississippi#191121 in 872
Illinois#194151 in 1,226
South Carolina#22761 in 1,560
Ohio#29251 in 2,994
Louisiana#31551 in 1,942
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Bonnie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 47 spots since 2024 (#443 → #396)
  • 210 spots since 2020 (#606 → #396)
  • 467 spots since 2015 (#863 → #396)
  • Biggest jump: 198 spots in 2017 (#897 → #699)
  • Biggest drop: 190 spots in 2004 (#945 → #1,135)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1950 at #33 (9,746 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1927–1966
  • Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1880–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 153
  • Highest: 1 in 153 girls born in 1942 were named Bonnie (0.65%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,047 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #33 in 1950, was only 1 in 176 (0.57%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 26.4% of all girls named Bonnie (86,886) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s401#272 (1885)#339
1890s1,343#210 (1898)#233
1900s2,496#177 (1909)#197
1910s8,335#163 (1919)#178
1920s23,172#86 (1929)#117
1930s35,803#58 (1934)#66
1940s86,886#33 (1946)#35
1950s83,013#33 (1950)#50
1960s45,088#71 (1960)#92
1970s16,673#130 (1970)#176
1980s12,099#166 (1980)#229
1990s4,422#379 (1990)#570
2000s2,059#895 (2001)#1,150
2010s3,112#646 (2019)#918
2020s3,773#396 (2025)#498

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.

Bonnie in 1910

girls
#183
374 births · 1 in 1,060 girls
boys
#707
18 births · 1 in 10,789 boys

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #183Bonnie374

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #707Bonnie18
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 1,060 of them was named Bonnie, which outranked 93.4% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bonnie
  1. #180Olga381
  2. #181Estella377
  3. #181Janie377
  4. #183Bonnie374
  5. #183Luella374
  6. #185Winifred370
  7. #186Miriam368
  8. #187Muriel365

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

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

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 10,789 of them was named Bonnie, which outranked 61.6% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bonnie
  1. #677Warner19
  2. #677Webster19
  3. #677West19
  4. #707Bonnie18
  5. #707Albin18
  6. #707Alec18
  7. #707Alford18
  8. #729Archibald17
  9. #729Arden17
  10. #729Bradley17

Tied with 21 names at #707; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

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

See the top 100 for 1910 →