Girls' name · since 2016
Zing
10 babies named Zing in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #56,957 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zing sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 2016.
Social Security Administration records show Zing recorded 10 times among girls since 2016, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2017.
- #56,957 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 2016
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zing ranks #56,957 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 2016, peaking in the 2010s.
- #56,957 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zing's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zing's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zing's full recorded timeline at 2017, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births.
Zing popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2017
- Peak year (2016)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Zing by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Zing's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Zing births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zing: 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 (~1 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, 2016–2017 (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 Zing 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.