Boys' name · since 1943
Bingham
124 babies named Bingham in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,993 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,216 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1943
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bingham is the #12216 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 124 recorded since 1943.
Bingham has 124 recorded births among boys since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12216 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #15,993 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,216 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 124 born since 1943
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bingham ranks #15,993 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,216 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 124 born since 1943, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,993 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,216 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1943
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bingham's 124 recorded births place it above 64.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bingham compares
124 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bingham's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bingham | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 124 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bingham's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bingham's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1943, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bingham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Bingham by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (85 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Bingham's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Bingham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 85 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Bingham's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bingham: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Bingham 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.