Girls' name · since 1985
Ebany
Ebany has 122 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ebany sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 122 recorded since 1985.
Ebany has 122 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2014.
- #24,920 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ebany ranks #24,920 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ebany's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ebany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ebany splits its recorded history at 2006: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ebany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2014
- Peak year (2004)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ebany by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (80 births, 66% of the file).
2000s was Ebany's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Ebany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 80 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Ebany's decade-level peak was the 2000s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ebany draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.