How Many People Are Named Bing?
An estimated 208 people in the United States have the first name Bing. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 69 years old, and Bing peaked in popularity in 1938 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bing as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Bing paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 69, Bing is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1967.
Estimated Living Americans
208
About 1 in 1,647,857 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
69
years old
Peak Year
1938
17 births
Total Registered
356
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bing
Bing is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 356 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Bing as a male name
Ranked #11,228 in 2008
6 male births in 2008
Peak: 1938 (17 births)
Bing: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bing span from the 1920s to the 2000s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1940s, when 99 babies were registered. Bing has declined significantly from its peak in the 1940s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Bing by Decade
How has Bing tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Bing + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bing as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bing
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bing: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bing?
We estimate approximately 208 people named Bing are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,647,857 Americans share this first name.
Is Bing a common name?
Bing is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 356 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bing most popular?
Bing reached peak popularity in 1938, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bing is approximately 69 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bing a male name?
Bing is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bing Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bing Smith, Bing Johnson, Bing Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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