How rare is the name Bonifacio?

3,903 people in the United States have the first name Bonifacio, about 1 in 77,384. It ranks #4,676 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BONIFACIO

#4,676

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,903
About
1 in 77,384
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,903 people named Bonifacio, 77.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.4% as White. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bonifacio peaked in 1930, when 35 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002024
Peak year
1930
Births that year
35
In 2024
7 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,568 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Bonifacio by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #3,249. The largest share of babies named Bonifacio, 21.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1900s#4,16711
1910s#4,49786
1920s#3,407207
1930s#3,249185
1940s#3,744167
1950s#4,419164
1960s#5,701125
1970s#6,070164
1980s#8,429131
1990s#9,984148
2000s#16,92194
2010s#21,98662
2020s#25,17424
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4521.1%
Baby boom 1946–6419.5%
Generation X 1965–8014.8%
Millennials 1981–9613.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.8%
2013 and later3.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bonifacio, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Bonifacio ranks #10,964 of 156,621, with 2,775 people. See Bonifacio as a last name

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