Bing — boys' name
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.
28% of everyone ever named Bing was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Bing in 1938 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bing
The Social Security Administration has registered 356 babies named Bing between 1924 and 2008, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bing currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bing performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Bing shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bing in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 356 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Bing at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bing popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1924
- Peak year (1938)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
356 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1938 with 17 births in a single year.
Bing by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 99 births that decade — 28% of Bing's all-time total
Bing decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Bing's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.