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 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 12,573 of them was named Bonny, which outranked 88.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 304,933 of them was named Bonny, which outranked 21.0% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,096Whit7
- #3,096Wilma7
- #3,096Yates7
- #3,370Bonny6
- #3,370Abdullah6
- #3,370Abundio6
- #3,370Albion6
- #3,733Achille5
- #3,733Adelaido5
- #3,733Adelard5
Tied with 362 names at #3,370; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.