Ebony
#698 most common girls' name of all time · #1,275 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1950–2025
Rank among girls
#698
Rank overall
#1,275 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
39,453
Since 2016
354
Peak year
1982 #132
Best rank
#132 1982
Girls
Boys
peak 2,315/yr
Ebony first appears in 1950. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,438 |
| 2024 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,482 |
| 2023 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,213 |
| 2022 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,820 |
| 2021 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,271 |
| 2020 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,581 |
| 2019 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,942 |
| 2018 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2017 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,359 |
| 2016 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,546 |
| 2015 | 56 | — | 56 | #3,032 |
| 2014 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,525 |
| 2013 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,904 |
| 2012 | 94 | — | 94 | #2,057 |
| 2011 | 98 | — | 98 | #2,007 |
| 2010 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,750 |
| 2009 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,387 |
| 2008 | 182 | 5 | 187 | #1,348 |
| 2007 | 208 | — | 208 | #1,208 |
| 2006 | 227 | — | 227 | #1,103 |
| 2005 | 257 | — | 257 | #959 |
| 2004 | 307 | 5 | 312 | #817 |
| 2003 | 333 | — | 333 | #749 |
| 2002 | 372 | — | 372 | #676 |
| 2001 | 380 | — | 380 | #661 |
| 2000 | 474 | 6 | 480 | #553 |
| 1999 | 530 | 5 | 535 | #489 |
| 1998 | 614 | 5 | 619 | #433 |
| 1997 | 722 | — | 722 | #375 |
| 1996 | 801 | 6 | 807 | #348 |
| 1995 | 907 | 7 | 914 | #306 |
| 1994 | 994 | — | 994 | #280 |
| 1993 | 1,164 | — | 1,164 | #241 |
| 1992 | 1,349 | 9 | 1,358 | #213 |
| 1991 | 1,526 | 8 | 1,534 | #195 |
| 1990 | 1,567 | 21 | 1,588 | #186 |
| 1989 | 1,577 | 33 | 1,610 | #176 |
| 1988 | 1,726 | 13 | 1,739 | #164 |
| 1987 | 1,748 | 13 | 1,761 | #157 |
| 1986 | 1,662 | 13 | 1,675 | #165 |
| 1985 | 1,787 | 17 | 1,804 | #160 |
| 1984 | 2,130 | 21 | 2,151 | #137 |
| 1983 | 2,219 | 19 | 2,238 | #135 |
| 1982 | 2,279 | 36 | 2,315 | #132 |
| 1981 | 1,554 | 15 | 1,569 | #178 |
| 1980 | 1,581 | 21 | 1,602 | #175 |
| 1979 | 1,443 | 20 | 1,463 | #185 |
| 1978 | 1,320 | 18 | 1,338 | #198 |
| 1977 | 1,157 | 23 | 1,180 | #213 |
| 1976 | 896 | 22 | 918 | #266 |
| 1975 | 616 | 29 | 645 | #352 |
| 1974 | 499 | 21 | 520 | #404 |
| 1973 | 299 | 15 | 314 | #552 |
| 1972 | 236 | 17 | 253 | #650 |
| 1971 | 167 | 12 | 179 | #832 |
| 1970 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,697 |
| 1969 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,286 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,419 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,290 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,235 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,262 |