Bonifacio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- boh-nee-FAH-syoh
- Origin
- Latin
Bonifacio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “good fate”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bonifacio mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Boniface, from Latin Bonifatius
“good fate”
Andrés Bonifacio founded the Katipunan, the secret society that launched the Philippine Revolution against Spain in 1896.
Is Bonifacio a girl's or a boy's name?
Bonifacio is a boys' name.
How popular is Bonifacio in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1930, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the boys named Bonifacio in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bonifacio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,819 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,696 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,471 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,357 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,190 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,611 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
Names like Bonifacio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Paul, Mario, Antonio, Ignacio, Lawrence, Joseph, Martin, Victor, Robert, James, Francis, Aurelio
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bonifacio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bonifacio, updated 20 October 2026.