Ting — unisex name
74 babies named Ting in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
74 girls have been named Ting since 1984, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2006.
- 74
- total births
- 1984–2006
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Ting was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ting in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ting
The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Ting between 1984 and 2006, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ting currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Ting is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ting performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ting shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ting in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ting 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 74 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.
Ting at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ting popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1984
- Peak year (1984)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
74 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 9 births in a single year.
Ting popularity over time — boys
15 total births recorded since 1992 (Ting as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ting accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ting by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 35 births that decade — 47% of Ting's all-time total
Ting decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ting's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Ting by state
Where Ting concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 6.8% |
5 of 74 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1984–2006 (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.