Bonnie
Bonnie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Bonnie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bonnie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Bonnie
Bonnie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 14 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1947: 10,215 births, good for #35 nationwide. About 26% of every Bonnie on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Bonnie ranks #428 for baby girls with 725 births, rising sharply (+40% over the past five years). All told, over 329K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Bonnie
Bonnie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 329K births in the dataset. Bonnie's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #33. Use the chart and map above to compare Bonnie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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