Ebenezer

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Peak · boys
#764
1884 · 7 births
Debut · boys
1884
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,216
since 1884

Ebenezer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ebenezer has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #764, 1884boys
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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—#2,53952
2024—#2,59551
2023—#2,51053
2022—#3,41234
2021—#2,73246
2020#15,0885#2,92540
2019—#2,99340
2018#13,7936#2,63547
2017—#2,34555
2016#14,3316#2,83842
2015—#2,52849
2014#14,5586#2,70544
2013—#2,76342
2012—#2,55148
2011—#2,79842
2010#16,9925#3,12836
2009—#3,72128
2008#17,5045#3,92126
2007—#3,18835
2006—#3,68627
2005—#3,61526
2004—#3,21730
2003—#3,97621
2002—#3,79422
2001—#4,30218
2000—#3,76421
1999—#5,03513
1998—#5,15912
1997—#6,6188
1996—#4,61313
1995—#4,50813
1994—#5,45210
1993—#6,2288
1992—#4,87211
1991—#4,76011
1990—#5,3829
1989—#3,80914
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1983—#4,9077
1982—#5,6196
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Ebenezer! It came in at #764, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1885–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ebenezer is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedMINew York: #1,760 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,885 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedINOhio: #1,111 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,756 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,203 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,246 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ebenezer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Ohio#1,111 · 1 in 8,756
  2. New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
  3. California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246

Best ever in a state: #693 in Maryland, 2016.

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Ohio#1,11161 in 8,756
New York#1,76051 in 16,885
California#2,20361 in 29,246
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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.

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See more about Ebenezer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 386 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #2,539)
  • 11 spots since 2015 (#2,528 → #2,539)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #764 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,349
  • Highest: 1 in 16,349 boys born in 1884 were named Ebenezer (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,848 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.6% of all boys named Ebenezer (445) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#764 (1884)#764
1890s0——
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1910s12#2,269 (1912)#2,999
1920s27#3,451 (1927)#4,096
1930s9#2,479 (1938)#2,479
1940s7#2,919 (1946)#2,919
1950s5#3,993 (1957)#3,993
1960s11#3,673 (1968)#4,039
1970s7#4,554 (1978)#4,554
1980s48#3,809 (1989)#5,003
1990s108#4,508 (1995)#5,263
2000s254#3,188 (2007)#3,718
2010s445#2,345 (2017)#2,728
2020s276#2,510 (2023)#2,786

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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