How common is the name Bonnie?

219,134 people in the United States have the first name Bonnie, about 1 in 1,378. It ranks #255 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BONNIE

#255

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
219,134
About
1 in 1,378
This common or more
46%
Who bears it

Of the 219,134 people named Bonnie, 90.8% reported their origin as White, 3.1% as Black and 2.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bonnie peaked in 1947, when 10,285 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
10,285
In 2025*
785 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 332,712 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Bonnie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #61. The largest share of babies named Bonnie, 45.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#547443
1890s#3341,445
1900s#2772,632
1910s#2898,835
1920s#19923,885
1930s#11836,571
1940s#6187,600
1950s#9683,505
1960s#16845,368
1970s#32816,814
1980s#42912,213
1990s#1,0284,452
2000s#2,0132,059
2010s#1,6303,112
2020s#9893,778
Before 19010.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4527.3%
Baby boom 1946–6445.5%
Generation X 1965–8010.7%
Millennials 1981–964.2%
Generation Z 1997–121.1%
2013 and later1.9%

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.

Where Bonnie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bonnie has been most common in South Dakota (2×), Montana (2×), and Wyoming (2×), and least common in Hawaii (0.46×).

323,366 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Bonnie

#253 Brianna · 221,271#254 Mia · 219,780#256 Jasmine · 218,324#257 Liam · 218,131

Spelled almost the same

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

#10,230 Bonni · 1,313#21,351 Bonne · 476#30,089 Bonnye · 291#42,079 Bonie · 172#47,857 Bonnee · 135

Also a last name

As a last name, Bonnie ranks #36,244 of 156,621, with 665 people. See Bonnie as a last name

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