Boys' name · since 1924
Bing
356 babies named Bing in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,657 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 356
- born since 1924
- 1940s
- peak decade
Bing sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 356 recorded since 1924.
Bing has 356 recorded births among boys since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2008.
- #9,657 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 356 born since 1924
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bing ranks #9,657 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 356 born since 1924, peaking in the 1940s.
- #9,657 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 356
- born since 1924
- 1940s
- peak decade
Bing's 356 recorded births place it above 78.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bing's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bing's full recorded timeline at 1951, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1938 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bing popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2008
- Peak year (1938)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Bing by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (99 births, 28% of the file).
1940s was Bing's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Bing births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1930s
1930s
85 births
- 1940s
1940s
99 births
- 1950s
1950s
84 births
- 1960s 35
1960s
35 births
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 99 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Bing's decade-level peak was the 1940s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bing: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1938)
Similar record span (~84 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1924–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bing draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.