Bonny
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Bonny is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Bonny mean?
English
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bonny a girl's or a boy's name?
Bonny is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bonny in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Bonny, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bonny in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 1,042 girls in the UK were given Bonny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
In 2023, 70% of the babies named Bonny in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Bonny in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Bonny in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1958, with 269 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Bonny in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 69% of the babies named Bonny in the US in 1929, and 91% in 1971.
Bonny in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,990 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,906 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,786 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,583 |
| 1979 | 81 | #1,471 |
| 1978 | 44 | #2,125 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,906 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,913 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,714 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,565 |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,405 |
| 1970 | 89 | #1,247 |
| 1969 | 111 | #1,036 |
| 1968 | 80 | #1,223 |
| 1967 | 86 | #1,142 |
| 1966 | 92 | #1,096 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,156 |
| 1964 | 109 | #1,032 |
| 1963 | 130 | #923 |
| 1962 | 155 | #846 |
| 1961 | 164 | #821 |
| 1960 | 183 | #755 |
| 1959 | 225 | #666 |
| 1958 | 269 | #608 |
| 1957 | 241 | #627 |
| 1956 | 240 | #616 |
| 1955 | 240 | #594 |
| 1954 | 152 | #753 |
| 1953 | 142 | #767 |
| 1952 | 147 | #731 |
| 1951 | 194 | #614 |
| 1950 | 108 | #849 |
| 1949 | 146 | #700 |
| 1948 | 117 | #795 |
| 1947 | 141 | #715 |
| 1946 | 102 | #817 |
| 1945 | 82 | #830 |
| 1944 | 116 | #695 |
| 1943 | 124 | #681 |
| 1942 | 90 | #804 |
| 1941 | 99 | #705 |
| 1940 | 81 | #786 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,102 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,127 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1936 | 45 | #1,039 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,449 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,148 |
| 1933 | 49 | #985 |
| 1932 | 46 | #1,043 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,369 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,890 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,925 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,021 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
Names like Bonny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Betsy, Nancy, Penny, Betty, Billie, Polly, Connie, Holly, Cherry, Darla, Ruby, Robyn
Other spellings of Bonny
Bonnie, Bonni
Names related to Bonny
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Bonny: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bonny, updated 20 October 2026.