NameTides

Ebony

Ebony was the #5,410 girls' name in the US in 2025 (23 babies), and #872 in England & Wales.

Ebony as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ebony as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Ebony as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#5,410 (23)#872 (40)#539 (5)—————
2024#5,443 (23)#902 (40)——————
2023#6,169 (19)#600 (63)——#856 (3)———
2022#4,793 (28)#562 (69)#625 (4)—————
2021#4,245 (33)#536 (76)#339 (10)—————
2020#4,548 (29)#505 (80)#544 (5)—————
2019#3,923 (37)#377 (116)#343 (10)#424 (3)#716 (4)———
2018#3,438 (45)#413 (107)#348 (10)#313 (5)#568 (6)#2,151 (9)——
2017#3,346 (47)#354 (133)#369 (9)—————
2016#2,539 (70)#338 (145)#356 (10)—————
2015#3,024 (56)#294 (163)#318 (12)#269 (6)—#2,599 (7)——
2014#2,517 (71)#260 (187)#282 (15)#247 (7)#752 (4)#2,905 (6)——
2013#1,900 (105)#220 (233)#254 (16)——#2,058 (10)——
2012#2,047 (94)#211 (237)#426 (8)#297 (6)—#2,158 (9)—#82 (66)
2011#2,000 (98)#179 (284)#252 (17)#311 (5)#612 (6)#2,899 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1982 at #132.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 71,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ebony is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 87,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 64,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EbonyCanadaGirls—too few
EbonyEngland & WalesGirls#87240
Ebony-England & WalesGirls—too few
EbonyIrelandGirls—too few
EbonyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EbonyNSWGirls—too few
EbonyScotlandGirls#5395
EbonyUSGirls#5,41023
EbonyUSBoys—too few
EbonyVICGirls—too few