# Bonnie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bonnie/  
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 | Scottish |
| Meaning | “fine”, “beautiful” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɒni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 332,712 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,037 / 328,675 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,031, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Bonnie is grouped under beauty.

## 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 | 222 | 1,112 |
| 2012 | 225 | 1,097 |
| 2013 | 237 | 1,045 |
| 2014 | 318 | 867 |
| 2015 | 323 | 865 |
| 2016 | 312 | 897 |
| 2017 | 416 | 699 |
| 2018 | 420 | 691 |
| 2019 | 450 | 646 |
| 2020 | 481 | 606 |
| 2021 | 604 | 512 |
| 2022 | 592 | 527 |
| 2023 | 607 | 502 |
| 2024 | 704 | 443 |
| 2025 | 785 | 396 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 13 | 3,277 |
| 1981 | 12 | 3,436 |
| 1982 | 16 | 2,850 |
| 1983 | 7 | 4,981 |
| 1984 | 18 | 2,623 |
| 1985 | 10 | 4,079 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,161 |
| 1987 | 11 | 3,996 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,820 |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,853 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,029 |
| 1991 | 10 | 5,132 |
| 1993 | 5 | 8,851 |
| 1994 | 5 | 8,940 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,501 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 228 | 218 |
| 2012 | 248 | 201 |
| 2013 | 309 | 171 |
| 2014 | 384 | 142 |
| 2015 | 482 | 120 |
| 2016 | 500 | 114 |
| 2017 | 563 | 95 |
| 2018 | 645 | 81 |
| 2019 | 878 | 62 |
| 2020 | 1,015 | 45 |
| 2021 | 1,121 | 40 |
| 2022 | 1,148 | 35 |
| 2023 | 1,346 | 26 |
| 2024 | 1,583 | 16 |
| 2025 | 882 | 48 |

## People named Bonnie

- Bonnie Blue, British actress and filmmaker
- Bonnie Hunt, American actress and comedian
- Bonnie Raitt, American musician (born 1949)
- Bonnie Bedelia, American actress (born 1948)
- Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
- Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer and astronaut
- Bonnie Aarons, American actress
- Bonnie Somerville, American actress (born 1974)
- Bonnie Bartlett, American actress
- Bonnie McKee, American singer, songwriter and actress
- Bonnie Franklin, American actress (1944–2013)
- Bonnie L. Bassler, American molecular biologist

## 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.