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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| 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.
Where Bonny is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#308 · 1 in 3,096
- Massachusetts#333 · 1 in 4,123
- Pennsylvania#367 · 1 in 3,739
- Iowa#407 · 1 in 4,584
- Minnesota#413 · 1 in 5,395
Best ever in a state: #195 in Maine, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #308 | 14 | 1 in 3,096 |
| Massachusetts | #333 | 13 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Pennsylvania | #367 | 31 | 1 in 3,739 |
| Iowa | #407 | 6 | 1 in 4,584 |
| Minnesota | #413 | 7 | 1 in 5,395 |
| New York | #455 | 35 | 1 in 4,846 |
| Maryland | #476 | 5 | 1 in 6,002 |
| New Jersey | #510 | 8 | 1 in 7,183 |
| Georgia | #513 | 8 | 1 in 5,640 |
| Washington | #520 | 5 | 1 in 5,694 |
| Michigan | #523 | 13 | 1 in 7,074 |
| North Carolina | #551 | 7 | 1 in 7,030 |
| Virginia | #592 | 5 | 1 in 8,169 |
| Florida | #597 | 7 | 1 in 6,780 |
| Ohio | #604 | 11 | 1 in 9,713 |
| California | #648 | 22 | 1 in 7,408 |
| Illinois | #663 | 11 | 1 in 9,658 |
| Texas | #896 | 9 | 1 in 12,474 |
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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 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 7,478 of them was named Bonny, which outranked 91.4% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 265,301 of them was named Bonny, which outranked 32.6% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).