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

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Peak · boys
1888 · 14 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,608
since 1880

Eben over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Eben has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #528, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,84828
2024—#2,75047
2023—#3,80229
2022—#3,21637
2021—#2,62349
2020—#2,43753
2019—#2,69447
2018—#2,14765
2017—#3,12337
2016—#2,30557
2015—#1,91076
2014—#2,08267
2013—#1,79480
2012—#1,575100
2011—#1,63593
2010—#1,71389
2009—#1,66594
2008—#1,76085
2007—#1,86177
2006—#2,01066
2005—#2,00862
2004—#1,98960
2003—#1,81565
2002—#2,37243
2001—#2,34642
2000—#2,47638
1999—#2,60833
1998—#3,39022
1997—#2,50232
1996—#2,14539
1995—#3,19121
1994—#3,32620
1993—#2,57728
1992—#2,53228
1991—#2,34430
1990—#2,37329
1989—#2,46926
1988—#1,90934
1987—#2,16927
1986—#1,83733
1985—#2,01928
1984#9,1446#1,79631
1983—#1,32749
1982—#1,46443
1981—#1,60237
1980—#1,47542
1979—#1,63335
1978—#1,87027
1977—#1,64533
1976—#1,33344
1975—#1,36141
1974—#1,58231
1973—#1,43535
1972—#1,50832
1971—#1,40037
1970—#1,69926
1969—#1,91419
1968—#1,78820
1967—#1,54025
1966—#1,58024
1965—#2,9828
1964—#1,79320
1963—#2,20014
1962—#1,96217
1961—#2,07016
1960—#1,72822
1959—#2,66310
1958—#2,17714
1957—#2,01916
1956—#1,60824
1955—#2,30212
1954—#1,88717
1953—#1,76519
1952—#2,01015
1951—#2,49510
1950—#2,20712
1949—#2,33711
1948—#2,21812
1947—#1,73319
1946—#2,40310
1945—#1,92613
1944—#2,19511
1943—#1,83316
1942—#2,5239
1941—#1,82115
1940—#2,6718
1939—#2,4499
1938—#1,90114
1937—#3,5185
1936—#2,8547
1935—#1,92914
1934—#3,6795
1933—#1,90514
1932—#1,71618
1931—#2,8648
1930—#2,17813
1929—#2,58910
1928—#3,0768
1927—#1,87118
1926—#1,51524
1925—#2,31313
1924—#1,62823
1923—#1,69621
1922—#1,88318
1921—#1,50925
1920—#1,74720
1919—#1,62421
1918—#1,53923
1917—#1,39625
1916—#1,17631
1915—#1,26527
1914—#2,2719
1913—#1,25617
1912—#1,61910
1911——
1910—#1,04510
1909——
1908——
1907——
1906——
1905—#1,0027
1904—#1,2055
1903——
1902——
1901——
1900—#1,1626
1899——
1898—#1,1215
1897——
1896—#9826
1895—#8727
1894—#9546
1893——
1892—#9566
1891——
1890—#8147
1889—#7897
1888—#52814
1887—#8196
1886—#6479
1885—#8366
1884—#61310
1883—#7207
1882—#6918
1881——
1880—#6409
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 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Eben
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,098 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #3,848)
  • 1,411 spots since 2020 (#2,437 → #3,848)
  • 1,938 spots since 2015 (#1,910 → #3,848)
  • Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1888 (#819 → #528)
  • Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1889 (#528 → #789)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s76#528 (1888)#698
1890s37#814 (1890)#950
1900s18#1,002 (1905)#1,123
1910s173#1,045 (1910)#1,466
1920s180#1,509 (1921)#1,983
1930s107#1,716 (1932)#2,499
1940s124#1,733 (1947)#2,166
1950s149#1,608 (1956)#2,113
1960s185#1,540 (1967)#1,956
1970s341#1,333 (1976)#1,547
1980s350#1,327 (1983)#1,807
1990s282#2,145 (1996)#2,699
2000s632#1,665 (2009)#2,030
2010s711#1,575 (2012)#2,098
2020s243#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.

Eben in 1888

boys
#528
14 births · 1 in 8,632 boys

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #528Eben14
More about 1888

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 8,632 of them was named Eben, which outranked 55.1% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eben
  1. #505Thaddeus15
  2. #505Tomas15
  3. #505Waldo15
  4. #528Eben14
  5. #528Alvah14
  6. #528Angus14
  7. #528Bart14
  8. #554Avery13
  9. #554Bernie13
  10. #554Bertha13

Tied with 25 names at #528; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Dell#921 → #505
  2. ↑ 416Reed#921 → #505
  3. ↑ 377Simeon#819 → #442
  4. ↑ 375Hardy#752 → #377
  5. ↑ 367Hazel#921 → #554
Fallers
  1. ↓ 487Connie#544 → #1,031
  2. ↓ 448Alice#583 → #1,031
  3. ↓ 448Shelton#583 → #1,031
  4. ↓ 401Bruno#516 → #917
  5. ↓ 401Young#516 → #917

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1888 →