Bonny

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bonny: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bonny: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #790, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#790highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#2738
1999	#3900
2000	#1831
2001	#3262
2002	#2540
2003	#1996
2004	#2530
2005	#3970
2007	#3667
2008	#3397
2010	#4688
2011	#4049
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2014	#3514
2015	#3252
2016	#2966
2017	#2502
2018	#2340
2019	#5591
2020	#2615
2021	#2711
2022	#2673
2023	#3598
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #3695 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bonny by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bonny in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	3 of 10	6
2000s	50	8 of 10	6
2010s	64	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bonny appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024.

Bonny's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #790, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adanna · #790, 26y
Briar · #790, 24y
Franki · #790, 26y
Layne · #790, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adanna · #790, 26y
Ariadne · #790, 26y
Arwyn · #790, 23y
Bali · #790, 10y

Bonny was ranked #790 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bonny and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bonny without appearing here.

Bonny moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Bonny

Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2040.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2458.
Selma Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Noah Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2499 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2869.

Moved the opposite way to Bonny

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonny went from #1646 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonny went from #1646 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonny went from #1646 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonny went from #1646 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Bonny

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonny went from #1646 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonny went from #1646 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonny went from #1646 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonny went from #1646 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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