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Bonnie

Girls' name · Mid-century revival

Living in the US
~216,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#396 among girls
Births in 2025
785 332,712 since 1880
Typical age
70 years, median

Bonnie popularity over time

Bonnie rank by birth year, 1880–2025Bonnie ranked #449 in 1880 and #396 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #33, in 1941.#100#1,000#396best #33 in 194118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1947: 10,285 births recorded as Bonnie. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Bonnie has spent 40 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #396 with 785 births. The ten-year change is +2.4×. Year on year the rank improved by 47.

Babies named Bonnie per yearPeaks at 10,285 births in 1947.10,285 in 1947018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Bonnie?

About 216,500 people named Bonnie are alive in the United States today. That is out of 332,712 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Bonnie?

Half of living Bonnies are older than 70, half younger. More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Bonnie a mid-century revival name.

Your Bonnie

Ages of living people named BonnieHalf of living Bonnies are older than 70 and half younger.median 70020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Bonnie is most common

The name is concentrated in Idaho, at 2.5× the national rate. Arkansas, Utah and Oklahoma follow.

Where Bonnie is used more than average5 states use the name Bonnie more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: 2.5× the national rateIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 2.3× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: 2.3× the national rateARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 2.2× the national rateOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 2.2× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Bonnie is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Idaho 56 2.5×
Arkansas 86 2.3×
Utah 129 2.3×
Oklahoma 117 2.2×
Mississippi 75 2.2×

Bonnie in England and Wales

ONS recorded 882 births named Bonnie in 2025, ranking it #48.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Bonnie comes from

Originally an American nickname from Scottish bonnie (“fine, beautiful”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Bonnie

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Bonnie Tyler Welsh singer 1951–2026 72
Bonnie Wright British actress and filmmaker 1991 63
Bonnie Hunt American actress and comedian 1961 46
Bonnie Raitt American musician 1949 45
Bonnie Bedelia American actress 1946 40
Bonnie Blair American speed skater 1964 40
Bonnie J. Dunbar American engineer and astronaut 1949 33
Bonnie Somerville American actress 1974 29
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 3,941 in 1939 to 6,023 in 1940 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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