NameTides

Bonnie

Bonnie was the #396 girls' name in the US in 2025 (785 babies), and #48 in England & Wales and #966 in Canada.

Bonnie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Bonnie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Bonnie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#396 (785)#48 (882)#32 (112)#65 (31)#64 (80)#966 (28)#69 (102)#63 (100)
2024#443 (704)#16 (1,583)#11 (188)#28 (53)#34 (123)#1,117 (23)#46 (137)#46 (127)
2023#502 (607)#26 (1,346)#24 (128)#38 (48)#33 (130)#1,014 (25)#57 (117)#57 (103)
2022#527 (592)#35 (1,148)#30 (119)#38 (49)#41 (135)#1,362 (17)#57 (128)#54 (113)
2021#512 (604)#40 (1,121)#39 (108)#68 (32)#47 (128)#1,049 (25)#57 (130)#69 (86)
2020#606 (481)#45 (1,015)#34 (107)#71 (30)#41 (127)#1,295 (18)#53 (131)#74 (76)
2019#646 (450)#62 (878)#56 (82)#107 (20)#72 (81)#1,067 (24)#79 (90)#71 (83)
2018#691 (420)#81 (645)#72 (59)#151 (14)#91 (65)#1,862 (11)#97 (71)#75 (72)
2017#699 (416)#95 (563)#139 (35)#118 (20)#108 (55)#1,454 (16)#80 (90)#68 (77)
2016#897 (312)#114 (500)#112 (42)#123 (18)#156 (35)#1,335 (18)#94 (77)#92 (59)
2015#863 (323)#120 (482)#125 (39)#175 (12)#133 (47)#1,202 (20)——
2014#866 (318)#142 (384)#141 (35)#171 (12)#154 (38)#1,187 (21)#98 (68)—
2013#1,044 (237)#171 (309)#183 (25)#255 (7)#185 (31)#1,091 (23)——
2012#1,096 (225)#201 (248)#203 (22)#229 (8)#199 (28)#1,142 (22)——
2011#1,111 (222)#218 (228)#213 (21)#277 (6)#162 (37)#1,198 (20)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1942 at #34.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 290common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 160very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 240common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 260common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bonnie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bonnie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #301WAIdaho: #160IDMontana: #79MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #438MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: #320ORNevada: #264NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #275IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #432CAUtah: #223UTColorado: #264CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #178MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #317AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #193KSArkansas: #250ARTennessee: #226TNNorth Carolina: #472NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #196MSAlabama: #160ALGeorgia: #402GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #303TXFlorida: #634FL
Bonnie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Bonnie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BonnieCanadaGirls#96628
BonnieEngland & WalesGirls#48882
BonnieIrelandGirls#6480
BonnieNorthern IrelandGirls#6531
BonnieNSWGirls#69102
BonnieScotlandGirls#32112
BonnieUSGirls#396785
BonnieUSBoys—too few
BonnieVICGirls#63100