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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #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 1916

  • 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: #132 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 599 girlsWAIdaho: #126 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 450 girlsIDMontana: #182 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,024 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #243 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,804 girlsMNIllinois: #212 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,655 girlsILWisconsin: #301 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,941 girlsWIMichigan: #326 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,585 girlsMINew 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: #95 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 374 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #144 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 649 girlsSDIowa: #145 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 767 girlsIAIndiana: #132 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 741 girlsINOhio: #250 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,399 girlsOHPennsylvania: #621 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,853 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #182 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 978 girlsCAUtah: #124 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 495 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedCONebraska: #171 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 938 girlsNEMissouri: #117 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 534 girlsMOKentucky: #86 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 359 girlsKYWest Virginia: #122 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 563 girlsWVVirginia: #152 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 867 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedDEArizona: #125 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 394 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNMKansas: #144 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 673 girlsKSArkansas: #93 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 349 girlsARTennessee: #73 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 292 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #134 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 611 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #207 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,282 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #61 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 241 girlsOKLouisiana: #287 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,773 girlsLAMississippi: #174 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 818 girlsMSAlabama: #132 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 539 girlsALGeorgia: #104 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 429 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedHITexas: #101 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 446 girlsTXFlorida: #189 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 965 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#61 · 1 in 241
  2. Tennessee#73 · 1 in 292
  3. Kentucky#86 · 1 in 359
  4. Arkansas#93 · 1 in 349
  5. Oregon#95 · 1 in 374

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#61761 in 241
Tennessee#73791 in 292
Kentucky#86671 in 359
Arkansas#93471 in 349
Oregon#95131 in 374
Texas#1011011 in 446
Georgia#104731 in 429
Missouri#117541 in 534
West Virginia#122271 in 563
Utah#12491 in 495
Arizona#12561 in 394
Idaho#12681 in 450
Alabama#132481 in 539
Indiana#132321 in 741
Washington#132141 in 599
North Carolina#134501 in 611
Kansas#144221 in 673
South Dakota#14491 in 649
Iowa#145271 in 767
Virginia#152281 in 867
Nebraska#171121 in 938
Mississippi#174221 in 818
California#182201 in 978
Montana#18251 in 1,024
Florida#18991 in 965
South Carolina#207151 in 1,282
Illinois#212351 in 1,655
Minnesota#243121 in 1,804
Ohio#250201 in 2,399
Louisiana#287101 in 1,773
Wisconsin#30181 in 2,941
Michigan#32691 in 3,585
Pennsylvania#62151 in 17,853
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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 1916

girls
#185
992 births · 1 in 1,053 girls
boys
#662
79 births · 1 in 11,267 boys

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #185Bonnie992

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #662Bonnie79
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 1,053 of them was named Bonnie, which outranked 96.4% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bonnie
  1. #182Marcella1,002
  2. #183Isabel1,000
  3. #184Rosemary996
  4. #185Bonnie992
  5. #186Veronica976
  6. #187Eloise953
  7. #188Freda948
Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 567Trinidad#1,317 → #750
  2. ↑ 388Coral#1,367 → #979
  3. ↑ 377Coletta#1,317 → #940
  4. ↑ 370Clifford#1,285 → #915
  5. ↑ 327Maida#1,231 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Louis#934 → #1,298
  2. ↓ 354Herminia#944 → #1,298
  3. ↓ 346Gertha#900 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 344Lahoma#934 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 310Hassie#900 → #1,210

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

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 11,267 of them was named Bonnie, which outranked 85.4% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bonnie
  1. #657Hilbert80
  2. #657Loy80
  3. #657Reynold80
  4. #662Bonnie79
  5. #662Bennett79
  6. #662Hazel79
  7. #662Leopold79
  8. #671Alvis78
  9. #671Americo78
  10. #671Connie78

Tied with 8 names at #662; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,568Tatsuo#3,392 → #824
  2. ↑ 1,088Hughes#1,878 → #790
  3. ↑ 410Angel#1,181 → #771
  4. ↑ 378Trinidad#1,181 → #803
  5. ↑ 354Rolla#1,306 → #952
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Nicolas#804 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 468Collins#906 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 463Hilliard#952 → #1,415
  4. ↓ 383Arvo#952 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 363Rayford#941 → #1,304

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

See the top 100 for 1916 →