Bonita — #7586 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bonita

The Social Security Administration has registered 37,830 babies named Bonita between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bonita currently holds the #7586 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 1,528 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bonita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 12,076 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bonita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 3,523 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Bonita in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bonita in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 37,830 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.