Bonita
A unisex name of Spanish origin, meaning pretty; lovely.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Bonita by the numbers
Bonita was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 1,528 babies in 1950, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Bonita, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bonita
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