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How popular is “Bonny” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bonny” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bonny” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Bonny” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Bonny” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Bonny” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Bonny” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bonny” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 11 0.000009674 11 100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 100%
1917 11 0.000005482 6 5 9%
1918 17 0.00000783 11 6 29%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 100%
1920 18 0.000007955 13 5 44%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 100%
1922 20 0.000008737 15 5 50%
1923 24 0.000010424 19 5 58%
1924 29 0.000012177 21 8 45%
1925 26 0.000011143 21 5 62%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 100%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 100%
1929 45 0.000020528 31 14 38%
1930 33 0.000014843 33 100%
1931 45 0.000021384 35 10 56%
1932 46 0.000021788 46 100%
1933 55 0.000027508 49 6 78%
1934 47 0.000022631 38 9 62%
1935 32 0.000015312 26 6 63%
1936 52 0.000025029 45 7 73%
1937 43 0.000020181 36 7 67%
1938 54 0.000024406 41 13 52%
1939 50 0.000022692 42 8 68%
1940 81 0.000035176 81 100%
1941 109 0.000044738 99 10 82%
1942 101 0.000036972 90 11 78%
1943 130 0.000046057 124 6 91%
1944 124 0.000046095 116 8 87%
1945 89 0.000033548 82 7 84%
1946 102 0.000031922 102 100%
1947 147 0.000040807 141 6 92%
1948 123 0.000035626 117 6 90%
1949 151 0.000043331 146 5 93%
1950 114 0.00003254 108 6 89%
1951 202 0.000054836 194 8 92%
1952 154 0.000040548 147 7 91%
1953 148 0.000038405 142 6 92%
1954 159 0.000039943 152 7 91%
1955 240 0.000059775 240 100%
1956 248 0.00006015 240 8 94%
1957 248 0.000059018 241 7 94%
1958 277 0.000067007 269 8 94%
1959 225 0.000054113 225 100%
1960 191 0.000045982 183 8 92%
1961 164 0.000039592 164 100%
1962 161 0.000039897 155 6 93%
1963 129 0.000032591 129 100%
1964 110 0.000028295 110 100%
1965 90 0.000024825 85 5 89%
1966 92 0.00002647 92 100%
1967 86 0.000025332 86 100%
1968 80 0.00002368 80 100%
1969 111 0.000031939 111 100%
1970 89 0.000024678 89 100%
1971 82 0.00002389 75 7 83%
1972 59 0.000018772 59 100%
1973 52 0.000017236 52 100%
1974 45 0.000014803 45 100%
1975 47 0.000015566 47 100%
1976 42 0.000013842 42 100%
1977 40 0.000012592 40 100%
1978 44 0.000013863 44 100%
1979 81 0.000024346 81 100%
1980 73 0.000021193 73 100%
1981 70 0.000020235 70 100%
1982 61 0.000017389 61 100%
1983 54 0.000015592 54 100%
1984 51 0.000014618 51 100%
1985 44 0.000012328 44 100%
1986 49 0.000013775 49 100%
1987 35 0.000009707 35 100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 100%
1990 30 0.00000759 30 100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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