Bing

Where Bing comes from

The dictionaries list Bing as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #3,505 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1938
    Peak, #1,689
    17 babies named Bing — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,113.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A diminutive of the male given names Bingley and Bingham (see also Bing Crosby).
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Bing hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.