Eben

Where Eben comes from

Shortened from Ebenezer; equivalent to Hebrew אֶבֶן (éven, “stone”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Eben
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #528
    14 babies named Eben — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #789.
  4. 1959
    Eben Moglen born
    American law professor and free software advocate
  5. 1991
    Eben Etzebeth born
    South African rugby union footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Eben Moglen · American law professor and free software advocate, born 1959
  • Eben Etzebeth · South African rugby union footballer, born 1991
  • Eben Byers · Industrialist, amateur golfer, 1880–1932
  • Eben Alexander · American neurosurgeon, born 1953
  • Eben Upton · British computer scientist, born 1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.