Bing

Boy · recorded 1924–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1938best year

Most popular in 1938.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Bing.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1924

081519241945196619872008

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 41 recorded years as a table
Bing, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19246
19305
193310
193412
193512
193611
193710
193815
19395
19409
19416
19427
19438
19448
19454
19467
19477
19486
19496
19505
19516
19525
19534
19546
19554
19565
19573
19584
19613
19623
19645
19653
19683
19704
19713
19733
19744
19793
19803
20023
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bing isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Bing

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
6
Rank in 2008
#11,037
How rare
1 in 340,025 boys
Since 1924
356

Bing was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1938, at 15 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bing doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.