Bonita
Bonita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 181st, in 1950.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19501,528 births
- Best rank
- #181in 1950
- Since 1888
- 37,830people given the name
The story in the numbers
37,830 girls have been named Bonita in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 1,528 births.
The name has all but left use: 14 births in 2024, against 1,528 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1950s alone account for 32%. It has spent 74 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bonita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 35 | |
| 1900s | 165 | |
| 1910s | 735 | |
| 1920s | 1,726 | |
| 1930s | 2,633 | |
| 1940s | 10,405 | |
| 1950s | 12,076 | |
| 1960s | 6,587 | |
| 1970s | 1,718 | |
| 1980s | 885 | |
| 1990s | 450 | |
| 2000s | 186 | |
| 2010s | 149 | |
| 2020s | 74 |
In 1950, its biggest year
Bonita was the 181st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1950 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Susan. See all of 1950.
Names that rose and fell with Bonita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Georgannepeak 1952
- Merrypeak 1954
- Rozannepeak 1943
- Marciapeak 1951
- Gaylepeak 1951
- Rosannpeak 1952
- Paulettapeak 1948
- Kathleenpeak 1951
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.