Bonita

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Bonita: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #689 in 2005, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#689highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#983
1998	#1165
1999	#1473
2000	#1389
2001	#1520
2002	#1658
2003	#1628
2004	#1617
2005	#1165
2006	#1280
2007	#3218
2008	#1914
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#2275
2012	#4838
2013	#3160
2014	#2862
2015	#1865
2016	#5785
2017	#3583
2018	#3518
2019	#3151
2020	#3117
2021	#3192
2022	#2673
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2005: #689 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1165 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 #1168 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 #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bonita 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 Bonita in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	66	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	125	10 of 10	13
2010s	71	10 of 10	7
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Bonita 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: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Bonita'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #689, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 9 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.

Ella-Marie · #689, 26y
Latifa · #689, 29y
Nihal · #692, 28y
Hajra · #695, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Brieanna · #689, 15y
Ella-Marie · #689, 26y
Kerry-Ann · #689, 17y
Latifa · #689, 29y

Bonita was ranked #689 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Bonita 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 Bonita without appearing here.

Bonita moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #5691.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Bonita

Clodagh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1865 and #1961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #1370.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1865 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2757.
Jude Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1914 and #2150 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #1596.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2275 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #1893.

Moved the opposite way to Bonita

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonita went from #1168 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonita went from #1168 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonita went from #1168 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonita went from #1168 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Bonita

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonita went from #1168 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonita went from #1168 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonita went from #1168 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bonita went from #1168 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Bonita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Bonita at a glance

Bonita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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