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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #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 1933

  • 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: #34 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 148 girlsWAIdaho: #20 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 88 girlsIDMontana: #41 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 158 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #99 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 364 girlsNDMinnesota: #71 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 311 girlsMNIllinois: #87 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 373 girlsILWisconsin: #59 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 238 girlsWIMichigan: #52 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 219 girlsMINew York: #274 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,851 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedRIOregon: #32 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 117 girlsORNevada: #22 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 52 girlsNVWyoming: #32 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 103 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #25 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 103 girlsSDIowa: #28 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 108 girlsIAIndiana: #29 for girls · 169 births · 1 in 127 girlsINOhio: #43 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 186 girlsOHPennsylvania: #163 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 1,163 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #55 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 237 girlsCAUtah: #12 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 68 girlsUTColorado: #29 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 138 girlsCONebraska: #23 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 89 girlsNEMissouri: #25 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 119 girlsMOKentucky: #38 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 191 girlsKYWest Virginia: #50 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 216 girlsWVVirginia: #119 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 492 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedDEArizona: #57 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 217 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedNMKansas: #30 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 127 girlsKSArkansas: #22 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 114 girlsARTennessee: #46 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 204 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #97 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 378 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #130 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 544 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #27 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 144 girlsOKLouisiana: #120 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 434 girlsLAMississippi: #63 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 251 girlsMSAlabama: #79 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 322 girlsALGeorgia: #113 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 496 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Bonnie, so not publishedHITexas: #45 for girls · 212 births · 1 in 257 girlsTXFlorida: #135 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 561 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#12 · 1 in 68
  2. Idaho#20 · 1 in 88
  3. Nevada#22 · 1 in 52
  4. Arkansas#22 · 1 in 114
  5. Nebraska#23 · 1 in 89

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#12651 in 68
Idaho#20361 in 88
Arkansas#221611 in 114
Nevada#2251 in 52
Nebraska#231101 in 89
Missouri#252211 in 119
South Dakota#25501 in 103
Oklahoma#271521 in 144
Iowa#281591 in 108
Colorado#29551 in 138
Indiana#291691 in 127
Kansas#301011 in 127
Oregon#32401 in 117
Wyoming#32131 in 103
Washington#34571 in 148
Kentucky#381361 in 191
Montana#41211 in 158
Ohio#432311 in 186
Texas#452121 in 257
Tennessee#461261 in 204
West Virginia#50761 in 216
Michigan#521591 in 219
California#551391 in 237
Arizona#57161 in 217
Wisconsin#59901 in 238
Mississippi#63811 in 251
Minnesota#71591 in 311
Alabama#79851 in 322
Illinois#871291 in 373
North Carolina#97911 in 378
North Dakota#99151 in 364
Georgia#113581 in 496
Virginia#119461 in 492
Louisiana#120441 in 434
South Carolina#130371 in 544
Florida#135201 in 561
Pennsylvania#163591 in 1,163
New York#274291 in 2,851
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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 1933

girls
#68
3,373 births · 1 in 299 girls
boys
#642
81 births · 1 in 12,241 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #68Bonnie3,373

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #642Bonnie81
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 299 of them was named Bonnie, which outranked 98.6% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bonnie
  1. #65Patsy3,451
  2. #66Wilma3,417
  3. #67Clara3,412
  4. #68Bonnie3,373
  5. #69Grace3,329
  6. #70Theresa3,266
  7. #71Ethel3,217
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 12,241 of them was named Bonnie, which outranked 84.6% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bonnie
  1. #637Gearld82
  2. #637Helen82
  3. #637Zane82
  4. #642Bonnie81
  5. #642Alejandro81
  6. #642Arlin81
  7. #642Dewitt81
  8. #650Art80
  9. #650Donovan80
  10. #650Gerry80

Tied with 7 names at #642; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →