Eboni
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 282 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,522since 1970
Eboni over time
Rank among girls' names. Eboni has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,961 | 38 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,887 | 61 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,225 | 82 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,652 | 62 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,062 | 86 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,887 | 94 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,627 | 112 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,431 | 128 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,187 | 163 | — | |
| 1998 | #991 | 203 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,096 | 171 | — | |
| 1996 | #962 | 200 | — | |
| 1995 | #812 | 244 | — | |
| 1994 | #898 | 214 | — | |
| 1993 | #829 | 238 | — | |
| 1992 | #823 | 243 | — | |
| 1991 | #808 | 253 | — | |
| 1990 | #796 | 252 | — | |
| 1989 | #813 | 234 | — | |
| 1988 | #734 | 255 | — | |
| 1987 | #729 | 248 | — | |
| 1986 | #714 | 251 | — | |
| 1985 | #723 | 238 | — | |
| 1984 | #696 | 239 | — | |
| 1983 | #713 | 237 | — | |
| 1982 | #637 | 282 | — | |
| 1981 | #781 | 209 | — | |
| 1980 | #795 | 206 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #791 | 200 | — | |
| 1978 | #835 | 178 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,027 | 130 | — | |
| 1976 | #932 | 138 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,139 | 102 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,345 | 78 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,805 | 47 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,920 | 43 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Eboni! It came in at #3,872, and was given to 15 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2022–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Eboni is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#369 · 1 in 2,870
- Maryland#397 · 1 in 2,884
- Florida#429 · 1 in 2,867
- South Carolina#505 · 1 in 3,580
- Indiana#514 · 1 in 4,624
Best ever in a state: #100 in District of Columbia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #369 | 21 | 1 in 2,870 |
| Maryland | #397 | 7 | 1 in 2,884 |
| Florida | #429 | 18 | 1 in 2,867 |
| South Carolina | #505 | 5 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Indiana | #514 | 8 | 1 in 4,624 |
| Ohio | #562 | 13 | 1 in 5,639 |
| Illinois | #574 | 17 | 1 in 4,547 |
| Georgia | #581 | 8 | 1 in 4,411 |
| Tennessee | #601 | 5 | 1 in 5,686 |
| Pennsylvania | #652 | 10 | 1 in 6,896 |
| North Carolina | #697 | 5 | 1 in 6,651 |
| New York | #773 | 15 | 1 in 6,657 |
| New Jersey | #824 | 5 | 1 in 7,441 |
| California | #905 | 21 | 1 in 8,272 |
| Texas | #988 | 12 | 1 in 9,990 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Eboni
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 1976 (#1,139 → #932)
- Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1999 (#991 → #1,187)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1982 at #637 (282 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1978–1996
- Highest: 1 in 6,005 girls born in 1982 were named Eboni (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 36.8% of all girls named Eboni (2,399) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 953 | #791 (1979) | #1,673 |
| 1980s | 2,399 | #637 (1982) | #734 |
| 1990s | 2,181 | #796 (1990) | #920 |
| 2000s | 798 | #1,431 (2000) | #2,406 |
| 2010s | 173 | #3,961 (2010) | #8,210 |
| 2020s | 18 | #12,142 (2020) | #13,637 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Eboni in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 8,060 of them was named Eboni, which outranked 93.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 356,790 of them was named Eboni, which outranked 14.3% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,043 names at #6,250; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.