Bonnie: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced BAH-nee · 2 syllables

Bonnie means “fine, beautiful”, from English.

Originally an American nickname from Scottish bonnie (“fine, beautiful”).

How popular is Bonnie?

Bonnie was the #396 name in the US in 2025, given to 785 babies. It’s rising: up 147% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1940.

Babies named Bonnie in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1940).

Half of US adults named Bonnie are older than 70; most are between 40 and 85. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Bonnie have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Bonnie means “fine, beautiful”. It comes from English.

Bonnie is pronounced BAH-nee.

Bonnie was the #396 name in the US in 2025, given to 785 babies. It’s rising: up 147% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1940.

Half of US adults named Bonnie are older than 70. Most are between 40 and 85.