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How popular is the name Bonny?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bonnies are alive today.
Bonny (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Bonnie in England and Wales, ranked 2788th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2018, when 11 babies were given the name, the 2340th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Bonnie you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Bonnies born in England and Wales are between 3 and 12, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Bonnie.
How many babies are named Bonny each year?
Includes all spellings: Bonny, Bonnie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Bonny spelling rank?
Where does the Bonnie spelling rank?
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 Bonny most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Bonnie, peaked in 2024, when 1,589 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Bonny spelling itself peaked in 2018, with 11 babies.
How many people are called Bonny?
At least 13,000 people named Bonny in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bonny?
Most living Bonnies are between 3 and 12; the most common age is about 3.
Is Bonny becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.