Meaning and history
Bonnie means “pretty,” from the Scottish word bonnie, which came from the Middle French bon, meaning “good.” It has been used as an American given name since the 19th century and became especially popular after the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, where it was the nickname of Scarlett’s daughter.
20062006: 186 births, rank #1,281
2007: 168 births, rank #1,415
2008: 184 births, rank #1,334
2009: 173 births, rank #1,374
2010: 189 births, rank #1,263
20112011: 222 births, rank #1,111
2012: 225 births, rank #1,096
2013: 237 births, rank #1,044
2014: 318 births, rank #866
2015: 323 births, rank #863
20162016: 312 births, rank #897
2017: 416 births, rank #699
2018: 420 births, rank #691
2019: 450 births, rank #646
2020: 481 births, rank #606
20212021: 604 births, rank #512
2022: 592 births, rank #527
2023: 607 births, rank #502
2024: 704 births, rank #443
20252025: 785 births, rank #396
Bonnie rose from #443 to #396 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1947, with 10,214 births.