Girls' name · peaked in 1950

Bonita name popularity since 1925

36,175 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Bonita. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Bonita is about 74 years old in 2026. Bonita peaked in 1950 as the #181 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 36,175; Named Bonita, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1950; #181 for girls that year
Typical age: About 74; Median birth year 1952
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #8,957 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 100.0% girls; 36,163 girls · 12 boys
Most popular in: North Dakota; 4.30× its national share

Peak year is the year Bonita made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Bonita births per year, 1925–2025

1950 was the biggest year for Bonita both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1936 and 1941, Bonita became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 4,450 baby girls to 1 in 1,630.
Steepest fall: Between 1970 and 1975, its share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 5,450 to 1 in 11,600.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Bonita's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Bonita.

Decade by decade

Babies named Bonita in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	988	0	–
1930s	2,633	0	#401
1940s	10,405	0	#226
1950s	12,076	6	#230
1960s	6,587	6	#363
1970s	1,718	0	#979
1980s	885	0	#1,859
1990s	450	0	#3,676
2000s	186	0	#6,306
2010s	149	0	#7,682
2020–25	86	0	#8,957

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

60.3% of babies named Bonita from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Where Bonita is most popular

The index compares Bonita's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Bonita.

State	Index	Babies
North Dakota	4.30×	454
South Dakota	2.94×	314
Minnesota	2.89×	1,765
District of Columbia	2.27×	350
Maine	2.20×	315

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Bonita's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Bonita.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Bonita (1950).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data