Ping

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Literal meaning not recorded

Ping has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 1976. 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 1976, with 5 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% girls, 37% boys all-time.

Babies named Ping, 1994

1 in 743,000

Ping over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ping over time

In 1994, Ping went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19761994

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ping: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ping means

Ping is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ping is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Ping between 1976 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1976; its best national rank was #10,425 in 1976.

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Ping between 1991 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1991; its best national rank was #7,979 in 1991.

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.

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How common is Ping?

Ping had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1994, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1994: 1 in 743,000; 5 of 3,715,972 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1994: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 515,144 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ping sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1994 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 515,144 children born in 1994 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ping. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pings were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ping was born before 1976 — so the typical Ping is around 49 today.

Median birth year: 1976; About 49 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Ping 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 1976 (5)
Years since peak: 49; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #10,425; 1976

Spellings of Ping

Ping is not the most common spelling — Tina is, with 40.1% against Ping's <0.01%.

Tina40.1%292,146
Gina21.0%153,057
Nina18.4%133,788
Ina4.7%34,074
Dina4.4%32,021
Lina2.7%19,489
Mina2.6%19,267
Vina0.72%5,267

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.

Ping by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,425; 1976
Peak year: 1976; 5 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 1994
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,979; 1991
Peak year: 1991; 6 that year
First recorded: 1991
Last recorded: 1991
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ping

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

Zing Pinar Pink Xing Ning Ging Sing Qing Piney Wing Anning King Shing Ching Ting Tpring Ayling Yining Yuting Yiqing Loring Pina Redding Paying

Sibling names for Ping

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

Chanda Jason Cary Kevin Karie Brandee Sunshine Sommer

For a brother

Andrea Jamey Torrey Federico Giuseppe Abdul Tory Aric

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