Ebonie

Last seen for girls in 2013 at #13,150

Peak · girls
1982 · 146 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,638
since 1971

Ebonie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ebonie has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #1,010, 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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2013#13,1507
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2011#12,1538
2010#9,23112
2009#8,05815
2008#7,40817
2007#6,32321
2006#5,08627
2005#5,99920
2004#4,38731
2003#5,41922
2002#4,17930
2001#3,70335
2000#4,07930
1999#2,73750
1998#2,73149
1997#2,10267
1996#2,34056
1995#2,02867
1994#1,90574
1993#1,75384
1992#1,78281
1991#1,64291
1990#1,59494
1989#1,391108
1988#1,226122
1987#1,150128
1986#1,042145
1985#1,185119
1984#1,011141
1983#1,010140
1982#1,010146
1981#1,36890
1980#1,29998
1979#1,33892
1978#1,48776
1977#1,66163
1976#1,82051
1975#1,83850
1974#2,21336
1973#2,75325
1972#4,52312
1971#6,0068
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Ebonie! It came in at #6,006, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Ebonie is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #824 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,470 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #972 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,917 girlsMINew York: #1,169 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,365 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedINOhio: #840 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,299 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,636 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 20,416 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #776 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,723 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ebonie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#776 · 1 in 6,723
  2. Illinois#824 · 1 in 7,470
  3. Ohio#840 · 1 in 10,299
  4. Michigan#972 · 1 in 11,917
  5. New York#1,169 · 1 in 12,365

Best ever in a state: #217 in District of Columbia, 1983.

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Georgia#77651 in 6,723
Illinois#824101 in 7,470
Ohio#84071 in 10,299
Michigan#97251 in 11,917
New York#1,16981 in 12,365
California#1,63681 in 20,416
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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 Ebonie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,010 (146 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,598
  • Highest: 1 in 11,598 girls born in 1982 were named Ebonie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 250,678 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 46.9% of all girls named Ebonie (1,237) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s413#1,338 (1979)#2,627
1980s1,237#1,010 (1982)#1,169
1990s713#1,594 (1990)#2,061
2000s248#3,703 (2001)#5,464
2010s27#9,231 (2010)#11,511

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.

Ebonie in 1979

girls
#1,338
92 births · 1 in 17,449 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #1,338Ebonie92
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 17,449 of them was named Ebonie, which outranked 88.8% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ebonie
  1. #1,332Shalanda93
  2. #1,332Shane93
  3. #1,332Tiara93
  4. #1,338Ebonie92
  5. #1,338Devan92
  6. #1,338Eryn92
  7. #1,338Evette92
  8. #1,349Amalia91
  9. #1,349Asha91
  10. #1,349Daria91

Tied with 10 names at #1,338; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →