Ebony
Rank in 2025
#5410
recorded as girls
Up 33 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
23
girls 23
Peak year
1982
2,279 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
39,453
since 1950
Born an Ebony? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ebony was most popular in 1982, when 2,279 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 23 babies were named Ebony, ranking #5410 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 38%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 5410 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 23 | 5443 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 19 | 6169 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 28 | 4793 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 33 | 4245 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 29 | 4548 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 37 | 3923 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 45 | 3438 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 47 | 3346 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 70 | 2539 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 56 | 3024 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 71 | 2517 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 105 | 1900 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 94 | 2047 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 98 | 2000 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 119 | 1747 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 171 | 1383 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 182 | 1345 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 208 | 1205 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 227 | 1102 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 257 | 958 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 307 | 816 | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | 333 | 749 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 372 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 380 | 661 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 474 | 552 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 530 | 489 | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | 614 | 433 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 722 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 801 | 347 | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | 907 | 305 | 7 | 6992 |
| 1994 | 994 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 1,164 | 241 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 1,349 | 213 | 9 | 5660 |
| 1991 | 1,526 | 195 | 8 | 5942 |
| 1990 | 1,567 | 186 | 21 | 2952 |
| 1989 | 1,577 | 176 | 33 | 2106 |
| 1988 | 1,726 | 164 | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | 1,748 | 157 | 13 | 3521 |
| 1986 | 1,662 | 165 | 13 | 3440 |
| 1985 | 1,787 | 160 | 17 | 2828 |
| 1984 | 2,130 | 137 | 21 | 2364 |
| 1983 | 2,219 | 135 | 19 | 2493 |
| 1982 | 2,279 | 132 | 36 | 1654 |
| 1981 | 1,554 | 178 | 15 | 2898 |
| 1980 | 1,581 | 175 | 21 | 2367 |
| 1979 | 1,443 | 184 | 20 | 2379 |
| 1978 | 1,320 | 198 | 18 | 2473 |
| 1977 | 1,157 | 213 | 23 | 2063 |
| 1976 | 896 | 265 | 22 | 2113 |
| 1975 | 616 | 351 | 29 | 1704 |
| 1974 | 499 | 404 | 21 | 2050 |
| 1973 | 299 | 551 | 15 | 2513 |
| 1972 | 236 | 645 | 17 | 2243 |
| 1971 | 167 | 828 | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | 55 | 1681 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 32 | 2254 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 16 | 3315 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | 5809 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 6 | 4738 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years