How popular is the name Ebony?

Ebony ranks 624th among girls' names in US records, with 39,430 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 387.

Is Ebony a unisex name?

No. Ebony is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1982, when 2,279 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#624 of girl names

Pronounced EH1 B AH0 N IY0 (ARPABET)

Ebony is a girls' name, and first appears in 1950. It has been given to 39,430 children — the 624th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 387 births across the past decade, against a peak of 2,279 in a single year. That peak was in 1982.

1982Girls: 2,279Boys: 36

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Ebony?: Ebony ranks 624th among girls' names in US records, with 39,430 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 387.
Is Ebony a unisex name?: No. Ebony is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Ebony most popular?: 1982, when 2,279 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.