Bonifacio vs Bonni
American parents have registered 1,568 Bonifacios since 1880, against 1,412 Bonnis. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Bonifacio Bonni
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 113 years in which either name was published, Bonifacio for 72 years and Bonni for 41 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1900–1940 Bonifacio ahead
- 1941–1974 Bonni ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1975–1978 Bonifacio ahead
- 1979–1982 Bonni ahead
- 1987–2020 Bonifacio ahead, apart from one short spell
6 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Bonifacio | Bonni | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,568 | 1,412 |
| Most in one year | 35 | 50 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 910 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 46 | 61 |
| Peak year | 1930 | 1964 |
| Best rank | 1,190th boys | 1,610th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1900 | 1940 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,568 | 1,412 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Bonnis alive today are over 61; half the Bonifacios are over 46. That is 15 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Bonifacio Texas (10.0×), New Mexico (8.5×), California (1.6×)
- Bonni New York (7.4×), California (2.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Bonifacio and Bonni.