How popular is the name Bonita?

Bonita ranks 640th among girls' names in US records, with 37,842 births since 1888. Over the past decade it accounts for 138.

Is Bonita a unisex name?

No. Bonita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1950, when 1,528 children were given the name. It has been in use for 137 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#640 of girl names

Pronounced B OW0 N IY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)

Bonita is a girls' name, and first appears in 1888. It has been given to 37,842 children — the 640th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 138 births across the past decade, against a peak of 1,528 in a single year. That peak was in 1950.

1950Girls: 1,528Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Bonita?: Bonita ranks 640th among girls' names in US records, with 37,842 births since 1888. Over the past decade it accounts for 138.
Is Bonita a unisex name?: No. Bonita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Bonita most popular?: 1950, when 1,528 children were given the name. It has been in use for 137 years and is still recorded as of 2024.