Bonita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bo-NEE-ta
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Bonita is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “pretty”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Bonita mean?
Spanish: Spanish word, from Latin bonus, good
“pretty”
From the Spanish adjective bonita, 'pretty', the feminine of bonito.
Is Bonita a girl's or a boy's name?
Bonita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bonita in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bonita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Bonita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Bonita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Bonita, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1950, with 1,528 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
2025 had fewer girls named Bonita than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Bonita in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bonita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,942 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,952 |
| 1990 | 74 | #1,888 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,682 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,563 |
| 1987 | 104 | #1,317 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,619 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,855 |
| 1984 | 76 | #1,502 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,485 |
| 1982 | 83 | #1,445 |
| 1981 | 124 | #1,114 |
| 1980 | 123 | #1,111 |
| 1979 | 109 | #1,198 |
| 1978 | 102 | #1,221 |
| 1977 | 107 | #1,160 |
| 1976 | 129 | #988 |
| 1975 | 126 | #978 |
| 1974 | 179 | #772 |
| 1973 | 161 | #815 |
| 1972 | 224 | #667 |
| 1971 | 260 | #637 |
| 1970 | 321 | #566 |
| 1969 | 361 | #515 |
| 1968 | 373 | #502 |
| 1967 | 461 | #438 |
| 1966 | 528 | #400 |
| 1965 | 624 | #363 |
| 1964 | 662 | #368 |
| 1963 | 831 | #326 |
| 1962 | 924 | #305 |
| 1961 | 930 | #303 |
| 1960 | 893 | #316 |
| 1959 | 812 | #333 |
| 1958 | 822 | #327 |
| 1957 | 971 | #289 |
| 1956 | 1,174 | #242 |
| 1955 | 1,238 | #230 |
| 1954 | 1,199 | #232 |
| 1953 | 1,354 | #218 |
| 1952 | 1,456 | #199 |
| 1951 | 1,522 | #190 |
| 1950 | 1,528 | #181 |
| 1949 | 1,508 | #186 |
| 1948 | 1,315 | #203 |
| 1947 | 1,448 | #189 |
| 1946 | 1,213 | #198 |
| 1945 | 844 | #226 |
| 1944 | 979 | #204 |
| 1943 | 1,014 | #206 |
| 1942 | 826 | #234 |
| 1941 | 742 | #232 |
| 1940 | 516 | #275 |
| 1939 | 391 | #312 |
| 1938 | 359 | #335 |
| 1937 | 266 | #398 |
| 1936 | 234 | #423 |
| 1935 | 260 | #401 |
| 1934 | 242 | #422 |
| 1933 | 230 | #422 |
| 1932 | 226 | #438 |
| 1931 | 206 | #447 |
| 1930 | 219 | #455 |
| 1929 | 197 | #482 |
| 1928 | 196 | #492 |
| 1927 | 199 | #494 |
| 1926 | 188 | #509 |
| 1925 | 208 | #485 |
| 1924 | 167 | #560 |
| 1923 | 164 | #564 |
| 1922 | 128 | #647 |
| 1921 | 142 | #612 |
| 1920 | 137 | #608 |
| 1919 | 99 | #704 |
| 1918 | 99 | #723 |
| 1917 | 93 | #721 |
| 1916 | 115 | #631 |
| 1915 | 90 | #700 |
| 1914 | 58 | #759 |
| 1913 | 59 | #674 |
| 1912 | 44 | #757 |
| 1911 | 39 | #698 |
| 1910 | 39 | #679 |
| 1909 | 33 | #691 |
| 1908 | 20 | #882 |
| 1907 | 20 | #840 |
| 1906 | 18 | #872 |
| 1905 | 15 | #968 |
| 1904 | 21 | #773 |
| 1903 | 13 | #969 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,007 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
Nicknames for Bonita
- Bonnie 1,025 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Bonita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Billie, Bonnie, Rebecca, Martha, Georgina, Betsy, Laura, Jessica, Anna, Melissa, Georgia, Eleanor
Names related to Bonita
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Bonita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bonita, updated 20 October 2026.