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How popular is the name Bonita?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bonitas are alive today.
Bonita (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4193rd in 2024 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 1997, when 21 babies were given the name, the 983rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2005, with 21 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2024 figure is roughly 24% of its peak.
The Bonita you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Bonitas born in England and Wales are between 15 and 31, and there are at least 400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Bonita - on average, only one in every 788 such rooms contains a Bonita.
How many babies are named Bonita each year?
Where does Bonita rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bonita most popular?
Bonita peaked in 1997, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bonita?
At least 400 people named Bonita born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bonita?
Most living Bonitas are between 15 and 31; the most common age is about 21.
Is Bonita becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1997 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.