Bonny
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 1971 at #3,963
Given to girls 96.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 240 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,208since 1913
Bonny over time
Rank among girls' names. Bonny has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,991 | 51 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,907 | 54 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,786 | 61 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,471 | 81 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,125 | 44 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,906 | 47 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,913 | 45 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,714 | 52 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,565 | 59 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,405 | 75 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #1,247 | 89 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,036 | 111 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,223 | 80 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,142 | 86 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,096 | 92 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #1,032 | 109 | — | |
| 1963 | #923 | 130 | — | |
| 1962 | #846 | 155 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #821 | 164 | — | |
| 1960 | #755 | 183 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #666 | 225 | — | |
| 1958 | #608 | 269 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #628 | 241 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #617 | 240 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #595 | 240 | — | |
| 1954 | #754 | 152 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #768 | 142 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #732 | 147 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #615 | 194 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #850 | 108 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #701 | 146 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #796 | 117 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #716 | 141 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #818 | 102 | — | |
| 1945 | #830 | 82 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #695 | 116 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #681 | 124 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #804 | 90 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #705 | 99 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #786 | 81 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #1,127 | 41 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #1,039 | 45 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #985 | 49 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #1,043 | 46 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,227 | 35 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #1,320 | 33 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,370 | 31 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Bonny! It came in at #1,883, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bonny is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,269 · 1 in 13,847
Best ever in a state: #195 in Maine, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,269 | 15 | 1 in 13,847 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Bonny
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1940 (#1,102 → #786)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1934 (#985 → #1,148)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1955 at #595 (240 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1940–1963
- Highest: 1 in 7,478 girls born in 1958 were named Bonny (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #595 in 1955, was only 1 in 8,147 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.5% of all girls named Bonny (1,958) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 38 | #1,883 (1913) | #3,604 |
| 1920s | 206 | #1,370 (1929) | #2,048 |
| 1930s | 391 | #985 (1933) | #1,164 |
| 1940s | 1,098 | #681 (1943) | #753 |
| 1950s | 1,958 | #595 (1955) | #683 |
| 1960s | 1,195 | #755 (1960) | #1,003 |
| 1970s | 574 | #1,247 (1970) | #1,766 |
| 1980s | 485 | #1,583 (1980) | #2,401 |
| 1990s | 164 | #3,523 (1990) | #6,647 |
| 2000s | 54 | #8,534 (2000) | #12,760 |
| 2010s | 17 | #14,558 (2014) | #14,893 |
| 2020s | 28 | #10,292 (2021) | #12,343 |
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.
Bonny in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 34,311 of them was named Bonny, which outranked 83.5% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,079Theodora51
- #2,079Vania51
- #2,079Whitnee51
- #2,116Bonny50
- #2,116Adelina50
- #2,116Althea50
- #2,116Anneliese50
- #2,148Britnie49
- #2,148Cecily49
- #2,148Dee49
Tied with 31 names at #2,116; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.