Bonnie
Pronounced B AA1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1947
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Bonnie?
Bonnie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 340,328 children — the 127th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1947, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1947, when 10,420 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Bonny and Bonney — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Bonnie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Bonny
- Bonney
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B AA1 N IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Bonnie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Bonnie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Bonnie?
- Bonnie ranks 127th among girls' names in US records, with 340,328 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,955.
- Is Bonnie a unisex name?
- No. Bonnie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Bonnie most popular?
- 1947, when 10,420 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Bonnie spelled?
- Bonny, Bonney. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.