Bonney

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · Last seen for boys in 1942 at #3,560
Given to girls 98.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1950 · 21 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
447
since 1918

Bonney over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bonney has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,121, 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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1989#12,3625
1988#8,3918
1987
1986#8,5237
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1982#6,8889
1981
1980#5,54412
1979#10,2105
1978#9,7505
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1973#8,4235
1972
1971#7,3886
1970
1969#6,6176
1968#5,6427
1967#4,6259
1966#4,8668
1965
1964#4,35510
1963#3,80112
1962#4,8658
1961#3,31815
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1958#3,08515
1957#4,2029
1956#3,04815
1955#2,55319
1954#2,69517
1953#3,10613
1952#2,80615
1951#2,24520
1950#2,12121
1949#2,51416
1948#3,13711
1947#2,35418
1946#2,31817
1945#2,33914
1944#2,19916
1943#2,86111
1942#2,31115#3,5605
1941#3,5597
1940#3,5037
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1936#4,1815
1935#4,2045
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1928#4,1956
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1926#3,8737
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1923#4,3766
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Bonney! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1950 at #2,121 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 81,574
  • Highest: 1 in 81,574 girls born in 1950 were named Bonney (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 368,710 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.2% of all girls named Bonney (144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s19#3,873 (1926)#4,148
1930s10#4,181 (1936)#4,193
1940s132#2,199 (1944)#2,710
1950s144#2,121 (1950)#2,873
1960s75#3,318 (1961)#4,761
1970s21#7,388 (1971)#8,943
1980s41#5,544 (1980)#8,342

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.

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