Bonner — boys' name
290 babies named Bonner in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Bonner was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Bonner in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bonner
The Social Security Administration has registered 290 babies named Bonner between 1912 and 2018, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bonner currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bonner performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Bonner shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bonner 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 290 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.
Bonner at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bonner popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1912
- Peak year (1923)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
290 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 11 births in a single year.
Bonner by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 67 births that decade — 23% of Bonner's all-time total
Bonner decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Bonner's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.