How rare is the name Bonny?

5,523 people in the United States have the first name Bonny, about 1 in 54,686. It ranks #3,681 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BONNY

#3,681

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,523
About
1 in 54,686
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,523 people named Bonny, 81% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 94.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bonny peaked in 1958, when 277 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132024
Peak year
1958
Births that year
277
In 2024
6 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,469 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Bonny by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,164. The largest share of babies named Bonny, 50.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#5,90549
1920s#3,038248
1930s#1,924457
1940s#1,2931,157
1950s#1,1642,015
1960s#1,6261,214
1970s#2,689581
1980s#3,495485
1990s#9,258164
2000s#22,86354
2010s#35,46317
2020s#23,72728
Greatest Generation 1901–273.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4518%
Baby boom 1946–6450.9%
Generation X 1965–8017.2%
Millennials 1981–968.5%
Generation Z 1997–121.3%
2013 and later0.7%

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.

Where Bonny is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bonny has been most common in Wisconsin (2.1×), Pennsylvania (1.9×), and New York (1.9×), and least common in Indiana (0.44×).

2,942 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.

Exactly as common as Bonny

1 other first name also has 5,523 people.

#3,681 Vishal · 5,523

Either side of Bonny

#3,678 Lavon · 5,526#3,680 Isha · 5,525#3,681 Vishal · 5,523#3,683 Suzy · 5,519

Spelled almost the same

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

#10,230 Bonni · 1,313#16,155 Bonna · 703#21,351 Bonne · 476#21,849 Bonney · 461#30,089 Bonnye · 291#34,840 Bony · 233#50,309 Bonn · 120

Also a last name

As a last name, Bonny ranks #36,520 of 156,621, with 659 people. See Bonny as a last name

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