Eben
- Last seen for girls in 1984 at #9,144
- #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
- Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,608since 1880
Eben over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Eben has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,848 | 28 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,750 | 47 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,802 | 29 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,623 | 49 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,437 | 53 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,694 | 47 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,147 | 65 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,123 | 37 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,305 | 57 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,910 | 76 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,082 | 67 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,794 | 80 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,575 | 100 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,635 | 93 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,713 | 89 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,665 | 94 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,760 | 85 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,861 | 77 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,010 | 66 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,008 | 62 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,815 | 65 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,372 | 43 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,346 | 42 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,390 | 22 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,502 | 32 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,145 | 39 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,577 | 28 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,532 | 28 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,344 | 30 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,373 | 29 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,469 | 26 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,909 | 34 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,169 | 27 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,837 | 33 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,019 | 28 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | — | #1,327 | 49 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,464 | 43 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,475 | 42 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,645 | 33 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,333 | 44 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,361 | 41 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,435 | 35 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,508 | 32 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,400 | 37 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,699 | 26 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,788 | 20 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,540 | 25 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,580 | 24 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,793 | 20 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,728 | 22 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,608 | 24 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,887 | 17 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,010 | 15 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,733 | 19 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,833 | 16 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,716 | 18 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,628 | 23 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,696 | 21 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,883 | 18 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,509 | 25 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,396 | 25 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,176 | 31 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,265 | 27 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Eben was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Eben is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Eben
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,411 spots since 2020 (#2,437 → #3,848)
- Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1888
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1889
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #528 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1882–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,632
- Highest: 1 in 8,632 boys born in 1888 were named Eben (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 19.7% of all boys named Eben (711) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | #528 (1888) | #698 |
| 1890s | 37 | #814 (1890) | #950 |
| 1900s | 18 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,123 |
| 1910s | 173 | #1,045 (1910) | #1,466 |
| 1920s | 180 | #1,509 (1921) | #1,983 |
| 1930s | 107 | #1,716 (1932) | #2,499 |
| 1940s | 124 | #1,733 (1947) | #2,166 |
| 1950s | 149 | #1,608 (1956) | #2,113 |
| 1960s | 185 | #1,540 (1967) | #1,956 |
| 1970s | 341 | #1,333 (1976) | #1,547 |
| 1980s | 350 | #1,327 (1983) | #1,807 |
| 1990s | 282 | #2,145 (1996) | #2,699 |
| 2000s | 632 | #1,665 (2009) | #2,030 |
| 2010s | 711 | #1,575 (2012) | #2,098 |
| 2020s | 243 | #2,437 (2020) | #3,113 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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