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

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Peak · girls
1982 · 282 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,522
since 1970

Eboni over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Eboni has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #637, 1982girls
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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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First appearance
1970

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 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedMNIllinois: #403 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,835 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedWIMichigan: #473 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,829 girlsMINew York: #874 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 8,147 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #545 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,529 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,591 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 19,037 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedNEMissouri: #663 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,334 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedWVVirginia: #497 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,986 girlsVAMaryland: #485 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,710 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedARTennessee: #331 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,225 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #363 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,556 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #356 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,343 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #183 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 774 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #491 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,289 girlsLAMississippi: #278 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,496 girlsMSAlabama: #248 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,441 girlsALGeorgia: #493 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,647 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Eboni, so not publishedHITexas: #892 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 8,018 girlsTXFlorida: #554 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,289 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#183 · 1 in 774
  2. Alabama#248 · 1 in 1,441
  3. Mississippi#278 · 1 in 1,496
  4. Tennessee#331 · 1 in 2,225
  5. South Carolina#356 · 1 in 2,343

Best ever in a state: #100 in District of Columbia, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#18381 in 774
Alabama#248151 in 1,441
Mississippi#27891 in 1,496
Tennessee#331131 in 2,225
South Carolina#35681 in 2,343
North Carolina#363151 in 2,556
Illinois#403261 in 2,835
Michigan#473151 in 3,829
Maryland#48571 in 3,710
Louisiana#49181 in 3,289
Georgia#493111 in 3,647
Virginia#49791 in 3,986
New Jersey#545101 in 4,529
Florida#554171 in 4,289
Missouri#66351 in 6,334
New York#874141 in 8,147
Texas#892161 in 8,018
California#1,591121 in 19,037
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See more about Eboni
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1982 at #637 (282 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1978–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,005
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 36.8% of all girls named Eboni (2,399) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s953#791 (1979)#1,673
1980s2,399#637 (1982)#734
1990s2,181#796 (1990)#920
2000s798#1,431 (2000)#2,406
2010s173#3,961 (2010)#8,210
2020s18#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 1988

girls
#734
255 births · 1 in 6,984 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #734Eboni255
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 6,984 of them was named Eboni, which outranked 94.7% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eboni
  1. #731Aileen256
  2. #731Irma256
  3. #731Olga256
  4. #734Eboni255
  5. #734Janel255
  6. #734Julissa255
  7. #734Kandice255
  8. #740Clare253
  9. #740Cody253
  10. #740Kim253

Tied with 5 names at #734; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →