Bonne

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Bonne has been given to 368 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1951, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Bonne, 1987

1 in 601,000

Bonne over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bonne: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bonne means

Bonne is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Bonne is used in Norman.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 368 girls were recorded with the name Bonne between 1918 and 1987. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1951; its best national rank was #2,035 in 1944.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bonne?

Bonne had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1987, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1987: 1 in 601,000; 6 of 3,605,072 births
Among girls only: 1 in 290,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1987: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 416,475 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bonne sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1987 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 416,475 children born in 1987 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bonne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bonnes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bonne was born before 1949 — so the typical Bonne is around 76 today.

Median birth year: 1949; About 76 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 37.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 15.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 183; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 37.8% of all recorded uses (139).

Is Bonne rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1951 (21)
Years since peak: 74; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,035; 1944

Spellings of Bonne

Bonne is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 35.7% against Bonne's 0.02%.

Donna35.7%831,641
Bonnie14.1%328,675
Anne13.9%325,128
Connie11.4%266,783
Joanne9.1%211,970
Yvonne6.7%156,119
Lynne2.7%61,957
Ione0.43%10,004

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bonne around the world

Where Bonne ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1900–1923
#899
in 1923
South Australia
1975–1991
#669
in 1991

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bonne by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,035; 1944
Peak year: 1951; 21 that year
First recorded: 1918
Last recorded: 1987
All-time count: 368
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bonne

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hanne Boni Bonnye Vianne Lyanne Bonney Bonna Vienne Bonni Bona Danne Penne Wynne Janne Boneta Jenne Rianne Renne Solenne Bonnell Bonda Elianne Dayanne Kyanne

Sibling names for Bonne

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kathlyn Randy Oralia Roseanna Roseanne Louann Celestine Nanci

For a brother

Artis Val Williams Rogers Ivory Jacky Ike Dannie

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