# Bonita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bonita/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 37,854 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 37,842 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 295, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 6,897 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,510 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,207 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,042 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,682 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,220 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,832 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,708 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,681 |
| 2020 | 16 | 6,978 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,699 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,700 |
| 2023 | 16 | 6,984 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,306 |
| 2025 | 11 | 8,957 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 1961 | 6 | 3,685 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |

## People named Bonita

- Bonita Granville, American actress (1923-1988)
- Bonita Friedericy, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.