Girls' name · since 1942
Bonnielou
32 babies named Bonnielou in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1944. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #40,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Bonnielou sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 32 recorded since 1942.
Bonnielou has 32 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1947.
- #40,125 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 1942
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bonnielou ranks #40,125 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1942, peaking in the 1940s.
- #40,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Bonnielou's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bonnielou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bonnielou splits its recorded history at 1945: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1944 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bonnielou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1947
- Peak year (1944)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Bonnielou by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (32 births, 100% of the file).
1940s was Bonnielou's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Bonnielou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 32 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bonnielou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1944)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bonnielou draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.