Bing

Boys' name

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Bing has been given to 356 babies in the U.S. since 1924. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1938, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Bing, 2008

1 in 655,000

Bing over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bing: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer

What Bing means

Bing is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Bing is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Bing is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Bing is pronounced /bɪŋ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 356 boys were recorded with the name Bing between 1924 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1938; its best national rank was #1,694 in 1938.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bing?

Bing had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008: 1 in 655,000; 6 of 3,930,727 births
Among boys only: 1 in 340,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2008: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 454,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bing sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 454,097 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bing. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bings were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bing was born before 1948 — so the typical Bing is around 77 today.

Median birth year: 1948; About 77 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 27.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 3.1%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 165; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 27.8% of all recorded uses (99).

Is Bing rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1938 (17)
Years since peak: 87; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,694; 1938

Spellings of Bing

Bing is not the most common spelling — Bill is, with 42.8% against Bing's 0.09%.

Bill42.8%160,474
Ben22.7%85,349
King10.1%37,850
Finn9.3%34,949
Gino3.5%13,145
Dino2.5%9,219
Lino1.1%4,188
Nino0.72%2,719

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bing around the world

Where Bing ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2007–2007
#4,333
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Bing by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,694; 1938
Peak year: 1938; 17 that year
First recorded: 1924
Last recorded: 2008
All-time count: 356
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bing

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Bing

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Melva Marlys Nelda Marlyn Arleen Shirlee Pearlie Myrna

For a brother

Sherwood Rayford Carol Ned Huey Errol Shirley Arlen

Explore around Bing

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