Bing
- Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
- Peak · boys
- 1938 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 356since 1924
Bing over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bing has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
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| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
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| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
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| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
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| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five boys were named Bing! It came in at #3,505, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1932, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bing is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Bing in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1938 at #1,689 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 65,244
- Highest: 1 in 65,244 boys born in 1938 were named Bing (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,025 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 27.8% of all boys named Bing (99) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 7 | #3,505 (1924) | #3,505 |
| 1930s | 85 | #1,689 (1938) | #2,463 |
| 1940s | 99 | #2,179 (1940) | #2,459 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,316 (1954) | #2,702 |
| 1960s | 35 | #2,665 (1964) | #3,374 |
| 1970s | 30 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,704 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 11 | #10,667 (2002) | #10,852 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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