Bonifacio
Meaning
good fate (surname honoring the revolutionary hero)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bonifacio has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
2,249 people · the #4,726 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 90,909 · median age 61
Among people named Bonifacio living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Bonifacio
People given the name Bonifacio in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1999. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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