Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ebenezer

#4,184 most common boys' name of all time · #10,267 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among boys
#4,184
Rank overall
#10,267 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,249
Since 2016
477
Peak year
2017 #2,350
Best rank
#841 1884
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ebenezer first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 52 52 #2,543
2024 — 51 51 #2,599
2023 — 53 53 #2,512
2022 — 34 34 #3,420
2021 — 46 46 #2,739
2020 5 40 45 #2,930
2019 — 40 40 #2,997
2018 6 47 53 #2,636
2017 — 55 55 #2,350
2016 6 42 48 #2,842
2015 — 49 49 #2,530
2014 6 44 50 #2,709
2013 — 42 42 #2,768
2012 — 48 48 #2,553
2011 — 42 42 #2,801
2010 5 36 41 #3,134
2009 — 28 28 #3,730
2008 5 26 31 #3,929
2007 — 35 35 #3,193
2006 — 27 27 #3,694
2005 — 26 26 #3,625
2004 — 30 30 #3,224
2003 — 21 21 #3,983
2002 — 22 22 #3,808
2001 — 18 18 #4,316
2000 — 21 21 #3,775
1999 — 13 13 #5,049
1998 — 12 12 #5,177
1997 — 8 8 #6,649
1996 — 13 13 #4,635
1995 — 13 13 #4,526
1994 — 10 10 #5,481
1993 — 8 8 #6,258
1992 — 11 11 #4,899
1991 — 11 11 #4,786
1990 — 9 9 #5,408
1989 — 14 14 #3,828
1986 — 9 9 #4,490
1984 — 7 7 #5,019
1983 — 7 7 #4,945
1982 — 6 6 #5,672
1980 — 5 5 #6,327
1978 — 7 7 #4,602
1969 — 5 5 #4,464
1968 — 6 6 #3,740
1957 — 5 5 #4,059
1946 — 7 7 #2,965
1938 — 9 9 #2,522
1927 — 7 7 #3,498
1926 — 5 5 #4,262
1925 — 5 5 #4,263
1924 — 5 5 #4,408
1920 — 5 5 #4,342
1918 — 6 6 #3,769
1912 — 6 6 #2,327
1884 — 7 7 #841