Ebb — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ebb

The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Ebb between 1881 and 1955, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ebb currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1890, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ebb performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ebb shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ebb in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 247 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.