# Bonny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bonny/  
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 | 6,469 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 261 / 6,208 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 183, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Bonnie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | 14,722 |
| 2000 | 11 | 8,637 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,268 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9,785 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16,896 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,605 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12,861 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17,973 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,916 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,886 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,935 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,364 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,430 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,732 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,757 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 6 | 3,408 |
| 1948 | 6 | 3,355 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,744 |
| 1950 | 6 | 3,361 |
| 1951 | 8 | 2,863 |
| 1952 | 7 | 3,129 |
| 1953 | 6 | 3,466 |
| 1954 | 7 | 3,201 |
| 1956 | 8 | 2,997 |
| 1957 | 7 | 3,280 |
| 1958 | 8 | 3,060 |
| 1960 | 8 | 3,115 |
| 1962 | 6 | 3,673 |
| 1965 | 5 | 3,975 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,007 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Bonny

- Bonny Warner, American luger, bob pilot and pilot
- Mack Rice, American singer, songwriter and producer

## 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.