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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #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.

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 1981

girls
#169
1,624 births · 1 in 1,027 girls
boys
#3,412
12 births · 1 in 149,265 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #169Bonnie1,624

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #3,412Bonnie12
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 1,027 of them was named Bonnie, which outranked 98.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bonnie
  1. #166Nina1,701
  2. #167Donna1,700
  3. #168Felicia1,630
  4. #169Bonnie1,624
  5. #170Joy1,622
  6. #171Desiree1,607
  7. #172Alexis1,584
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

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

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 149,265 of them was named Bonnie, which outranked 53.2% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bonnie
  1. #3,221Wynn13
  2. #3,221Yale13
  3. #3,221Yohance13
  4. #3,412Bonnie12
  5. #3,412Adriana12
  6. #3,412Adriano12
  7. #3,412Agustine12
  8. #3,601Aamir11
  9. #3,601Abdulrahman11
  10. #3,601Abrahan11

Tied with 188 names at #3,412; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 1,321Marchello#2,162#841
  2. 1,104Skylar#2,058#954
  3. 816Kellen#1,432#616
  4. 499Marcello#1,291#792
  5. 456Tyrel#1,089#633
Fallers
  1. 306Kenyatta#871#1,177
  2. 284Seneca#718#1,002
  3. 247Kimberly#989#1,236
  4. 216Chadd#927#1,143
  5. 214Levar#911#1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981