Unisex name · since 1910
Bunnie
Bunnie has 800 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,713 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 800
- born since 1910
- 1950s
- peak decade
Bunnie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 800 recorded since 1910.
Bunnie has 800 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2024.
- #8,713 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 800 born since 1910
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bunnie ranks #8,713 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 800 born since 1910, peaking in the 1950s.
- #8,713 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 800
- born since 1910
- 1950s
- peak decade
Bunnie's 800 recorded births place it above 87.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Bunnie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bunnie's SSA record in two at 1948 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1910, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 35, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bunnie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2024
- Peak year (1953)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
800 total births across 115 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 35 births in a single year.
Bunnie popularity over time - boys
62 total births recorded since 1913 (Bunnie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Bunnie accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bunnie by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (229 births, 29% of the file).
1950s was Bunnie's strongest decade.
229 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Bunnie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 28
1910s
28 births
- 1920s 65
1920s
65 births
- 1930s 90
1930s
90 births
- 1940s
1940s
168 births
- 1950s
1950s
229 births
- 1960s
1960s
145 births
- 1970s 62
1970s
62 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 229 births (29% of all-time use).
Bunnie decade highlights
- Peak decade 229 births
- Runner-up 168 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Bunnie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bunnie's total volume
Bunnie by state
Where Bunnie concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
5 of 800 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Bunnie's data
- Bunnie's decade-level peak was the 1950s (229 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Bunnies (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bunnie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~114 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, 1910–2024 (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 Bunnie 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.
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