—2024 rank
1950peak year
37,801babies named Bonita since 1880
▲ +17%5-year trend
Bonita popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Bonita mean?
Taken directly from the Spanish word bonita, meaning pretty, from Latin bonus, good; adopted as a given name in the early twentieth century.
OriginSpanish
Syllables3
Gendergirl
Stylevintage, modern
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