The baby name Bonita appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 1996. It was most popular in 1950 with 2,084 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Bonita has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 10 |
| 1913 | 30 |
| 1914 | 32 |
| 1915 | 66 |
| 1916 | 80 |
| 1917 | 81 |
| 1918 | 67 |
| 1919 | 58 |
| 1920 | 112 |
| 1921 | 99 |
| 1922 | 113 |
| 1923 | 195 |
| 1924 | 164 |
| 1925 | 249 |
| 1926 | 211 |
| 1927 | 256 |
| 1928 | 218 |
| 1929 | 240 |
| 1930 | 273 |
| 1931 | 247 |
| 1932 | 291 |
| 1933 | 285 |
| 1934 | 246 |
| 1935 | 330 |
| 1936 | 252 |
| 1937 | 285 |
| 1938 | 390 |
| 1939 | 427 |
| 1940 | 573 |
| 1941 | 865 |
| 1942 | 994 |
| 1943 | 1,267 |
| 1944 | 1,107 |
| 1945 | 958 |
| 1946 | 1,389 |
| 1947 | 1,858 |
| 1948 | 1,670 |
| 1949 | 1,916 |
| 1950 | 2,084 |
| 1951 | 2,072 |
| 1952 | 2,017 |
| 1953 | 1,831 |
| 1954 | 1,511 |
| 1955 | 1,566 |
| 1956 | 1,542 |
| 1957 | 1,266 |
| 1958 | 1,062 |
| 1959 | 1,073 |
| 1960 | 1,161 |
| 1961 | 1,255 |
| 1962 | 1,177 |
| 1963 | 1,010 |
| 1964 | 860 |
| 1965 | 833 |
| 1966 | 650 |
| 1967 | 590 |
| 1968 | 481 |
| 1969 | 406 |
| 1970 | 351 |
| 1971 | 281 |
| 1972 | 201 |
| 1973 | 143 |
| 1974 | 163 |
| 1975 | 120 |
| 1976 | 114 |
| 1977 | 84 |
| 1978 | 39 |
| 1979 | 97 |
| 1980 | 40 |
| 1981 | 91 |
| 1982 | 16 |
| 1983 | 10 |
| 1984 | 17 |
| 1985 | 24 |
| 1986 | 22 |
| 1987 | 80 |
| 1988 | 44 |
| 1989 | 32 |
| 1990 | 25 |
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1992 | 31 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1996 | 5 |