Meaning not yet researched.
Bonnie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 785 in 2025. Its best rank was #33 in 1950.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #33 in 1950; #396 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Bonnie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#396 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1950, at #33.
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Bonnie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 785 girls in 2025. Peak: #33 in 1950 · most girls in one year: 10,214 (1947).
In 2025, 785 US girls were named Bonnie, making it the 396th most common girls’ name of the year, up 47 places from #443 in 2024. That is 81 more than the 704 girls named Bonnie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #33, reached in 1950. The most girls given the name in a single year was 10,214, in 1947. For comparison, it was #865 in 2015 and #33 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bonnie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 14 babies with the name. In all, 332,712 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 1.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 87,600 babies named Bonnie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,371 US girls were named Bonnie; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 785. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,047 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bonnie ranked highest in Montana in 2025, at #82 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Bonita (37,854 babies since 1880) and Bonny (6,469 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Bonni, Bunnie and Bonney are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bonni (1,412), Bunnie (862), Bonney (452), Bonne (368), Boni (368), Bonnye (364), Bonnee (76), Bunni (30), Bunie (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Bonnie in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 11 | #82 | — |
| Alabama | 27 | #160 | #708 |
| Idaho | 13 | #163 | — |
| Missouri | 34 | #178 | #979 |
| Kansas | 17 | #196 | — |
| Mississippi | 13 | #201 | — |
| Utah | 21 | #226 | — |
| Tennessee | 35 | #227 | #620 |
| Arkansas | 12 | #252 | — |
| Colorado | 24 | #265 | #483 |
| Nevada | 10 | #269 | — |
| Iowa | 12 | #278 | — |
| Texas | 113 | #303 | #602 |
| Washington | 24 | #304 | #524 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #314 | — |
| Indiana | 22 | #319 | #970 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #319 | — |
| Arizona | 22 | #320 | #715 |
| Oregon | 11 | #328 | #473 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #341 | — |
| South Carolina | 13 | #377 | #776 |
| Georgia | 28 | #406 | #828 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #412 | — |
| California | 77 | #434 | #647 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #438 | #679 |
| Michigan | 19 | #441 | #1,027 |
| Minnesota | 11 | #465 | — |
| North Carolina | 23 | #475 | #719 |
| Ohio | 22 | #489 | — |
| Maryland | 10 | #513 | — |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #572 | #762 |
| Illinois | 16 | #601 | #1,683 |
| Florida | 27 | #634 | #1,191 |
| Virginia | 11 | #668 | #1,100 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #777 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #878 | #1,450 |
| New York | 13 | #1,097 | #1,399 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 785 | #396 | — | — |
| 2024 | 704 | #443 | — | — |
| 2023 | 607 | #502 | 5 | #12,501 |
| 2022 | 592 | #527 | — | — |
| 2021 | 604 | #512 | — | — |
| 2020 | 481 | #606 | — | — |
| 2019 | 450 | #646 | — | — |
| 2018 | 420 | #691 | — | — |
| 2017 | 416 | #699 | — | — |
| 2016 | 312 | #897 | — | — |
| 2015 | 323 | #865 | — | — |
| 2014 | 318 | #867 | — | — |
| 2013 | 237 | #1,045 | — | — |
| 2012 | 225 | #1,097 | — | — |
| 2011 | 222 | #1,112 | — | — |
| 2010 | 189 | #1,263 | — | — |
| 2009 | 173 | #1,375 | — | — |
| 2008 | 184 | #1,334 | — | — |
| 2007 | 168 | #1,416 | — | — |
| 2006 | 186 | #1,283 | — | — |
| 2005 | 190 | #1,203 | — | — |
| 2004 | 201 | #1,135 | — | — |
| 2003 | 248 | #945 | — | — |
| 2002 | 219 | #1,003 | — | — |
| 2001 | 255 | #895 | — | — |
| 2000 | 235 | #920 | — | — |
| 1999 | 265 | #818 | — | — |
| 1998 | 308 | #717 | — | — |
| 1997 | 347 | #641 | — | — |
| 1996 | 386 | #590 | — | — |
| 1995 | 387 | #589 | — | — |
| 1994 | 464 | #531 | 5 | #8,940 |
| 1993 | 442 | #541 | 5 | #8,851 |
| 1992 | 555 | #450 | — | — |
| 1991 | 574 | #445 | 10 | #5,132 |
| 1990 | 694 | #379 | 10 | #5,029 |
| 1989 | 764 | #330 | 10 | #4,853 |
| 1988 | 831 | #298 | 7 | #5,820 |
| 1987 | 984 | #258 | 11 | #3,996 |
| 1986 | 1,092 | #237 | 10 | #4,161 |
| 1985 | 1,176 | #221 | 10 | #4,079 |
| 1984 | 1,273 | #206 | 18 | #2,623 |
| 1983 | 1,277 | #202 | 7 | #4,981 |
| 1982 | 1,368 | #199 | 16 | #2,850 |
| 1981 | 1,624 | #169 | 12 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 1,710 | #166 | 13 | #3,277 |
| 1979 | 1,627 | #171 | 11 | #3,588 |
| 1978 | 1,090 | #227 | 8 | #4,192 |
| 1977 | 1,341 | #199 | 11 | #3,408 |
| 1976 | 1,204 | #204 | 10 | #3,500 |
| 1975 | 1,345 | #188 | 18 | #2,374 |
| 1974 | 1,452 | #181 | 18 | #2,287 |
| 1973 | 1,685 | #164 | 16 | #2,415 |
| 1972 | 1,853 | #157 | 16 | #2,337 |
| 1971 | 2,329 | #138 | 17 | #2,290 |
| 1970 | 2,747 | #130 | 16 | #2,308 |
| 1969 | 2,647 | #128 | 24 | #1,685 |
| 1968 | 2,953 | #116 | 22 | #1,698 |
| 1967 | 3,370 | #102 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1966 | 3,842 | #90 | 24 | #1,584 |
| 1965 | 4,130 | #89 | 26 | #1,517 |
| 1964 | 4,686 | #89 | 28 | #1,492 |
| 1963 | 5,226 | #83 | 30 | #1,428 |
| 1962 | 5,812 | #79 | 39 | #1,246 |
| 1961 | 6,033 | #75 | 26 | #1,572 |
| 1960 | 6,389 | #71 | 41 | #1,230 |
| 1959 | 6,456 | #71 | 40 | #1,230 |
| 1958 | 6,996 | #63 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1957 | 7,242 | #64 | 35 | #1,319 |
| 1956 | 8,133 | #51 | 48 | #1,093 |
| 1955 | 8,637 | #45 | 40 | #1,183 |
| 1954 | 8,099 | #52 | 47 | #1,097 |
| 1953 | 8,615 | #45 | 64 | #896 |
| 1952 | 9,383 | #41 | 62 | #896 |
| 1951 | 9,706 | #37 | 58 | #921 |
| 1950 | 9,746 | #33 | 54 | #935 |
| 1949 | 9,732 | #35 | 64 | #857 |
| 1948 | 9,817 | #34 | 72 | #799 |
| 1947 | 10,214 | #35 | 71 | #824 |
| 1946 | 9,510 | #33 | 61 | #842 |
| 1945 | 7,745 | #35 | 58 | #819 |
| 1944 | 8,456 | #34 | 61 | #802 |
| 1943 | 8,870 | #34 | 92 | #670 |
| 1942 | 8,823 | #34 | 84 | #701 |
| 1941 | 7,762 | #33 | 85 | #662 |
| 1940 | 5,957 | #39 | 66 | #759 |
| 1939 | 3,887 | #61 | 54 | #830 |
| 1938 | 3,773 | #65 | 74 | #710 |
| 1937 | 3,595 | #64 | 76 | #689 |
| 1936 | 3,374 | #65 | 82 | #637 |
| 1935 | 3,610 | #62 | 77 | #688 |
| 1934 | 3,753 | #58 | 94 | #611 |
| 1933 | 3,373 | #68 | 81 | #644 |
| 1932 | 3,621 | #64 | 89 | #633 |
| 1931 | 3,552 | #73 | 69 | #742 |
| 1930 | 3,265 | #78 | 72 | #749 |
| 1929 | 2,974 | #86 | 73 | #734 |
| 1928 | 2,923 | #89 | 71 | #768 |
| 1927 | 2,796 | #100 | 82 | #716 |
| 1926 | 2,609 | #105 | 75 | #737 |
| 1925 | 2,532 | #107 | 71 | #780 |
| 1924 | 2,296 | #117 | 73 | #787 |
| 1923 | 2,094 | #126 | 72 | #778 |
| 1922 | 1,824 | #137 | 69 | #810 |
| 1921 | 1,609 | #151 | 61 | #893 |
| 1920 | 1,515 | #154 | 66 | #826 |
| 1919 | 1,343 | #163 | 67 | #790 |
| 1918 | 1,151 | #178 | 61 | #841 |
| 1917 | 1,177 | #171 | 67 | #765 |
| 1916 | 992 | #185 | 79 | #663 |
| 1915 | 939 | #180 | 63 | #757 |
| 1914 | 783 | #174 | 49 | #753 |
| 1913 | 648 | #180 | 42 | #712 |
| 1912 | 539 | #183 | 30 | #803 |
| 1911 | 389 | #181 | 24 | #625 |
| 1910 | 374 | #183 | 18 | #712 |
| 1909 | 337 | #177 | 17 | #659 |
| 1908 | 299 | #188 | 14 | #714 |
| 1907 | 279 | #192 | 11 | #823 |
| 1906 | 268 | #186 | 9 | #863 |
| 1905 | 264 | #188 | 23 | #464 |
| 1904 | 268 | #181 | 17 | #541 |
| 1903 | 200 | #211 | 16 | #551 |
| 1902 | 182 | #221 | 10 | #754 |
| 1901 | 179 | #215 | — | — |
| 1900 | 220 | #212 | 19 | #559 |
| 1899 | 159 | #218 | 11 | #622 |
| 1898 | 187 | #210 | 15 | #545 |
| 1897 | 142 | #234 | 9 | #731 |
| 1896 | 163 | #217 | 11 | #677 |
| 1895 | 129 | #243 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 119 | #247 | 9 | #738 |
| 1893 | 120 | #239 | 5 | #1,054 |
| 1892 | 126 | #232 | 12 | #606 |
| 1891 | 100 | #243 | 9 | #649 |
| 1890 | 98 | #252 | 9 | #670 |
| 1889 | 68 | #289 | 9 | #680 |
| 1888 | 70 | #278 | 8 | #760 |
| 1887 | 59 | #274 | 11 | #550 |
| 1886 | 40 | #340 | — | — |
| 1885 | 53 | #272 | 7 | #771 |
| 1884 | 32 | #351 | 7 | #780 |
| 1883 | 21 | #412 | — | — |
| 1882 | 19 | #418 | — | — |
| 1881 | 25 | #317 | — | — |
| 1880 | 14 | #452 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).