girl's name

Eboney

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 825

Eboney is a girl's name. In 2007 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1980, when 46 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1974.

Eboney over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2007, not a full ten years.

347
'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Eboney by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 111
1980s 347
1990s 224
2000s (to 2007) 65

How popular is Eboney?

In 2007, Eboney was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Eboney is used

England & Wales #6,956 3 in 2013
United States #11,182 10 in 2007

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Eboney

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Eboney also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Eboney over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Eboney

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Eboney — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Eboney

How popular is the name Eboney?

In 2007, Eboney was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Eboney a girl's or a boy's name?

Eboney is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Eboney most popular?

Eboney peaked in 1980, when 46 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.