Recorded 1999–2022 Unisex name Peak 2012 28 births

Ebby — unisex name

28 babies named Ebby in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52010s172020s6
2010s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Ebby was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

6 babies were named Ebby in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ebby

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Ebby between 1999 and 2022, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ebby currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Ebby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1933.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ebby performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ebby shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ebby 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 28 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.

Ebby at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

28

Since 1999

24 years of records

Peak year

2012

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1999

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2022

Ebby popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1999

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2012)
6
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
4.555.566.5 20222014201320121999 5

Ebby popularity over time — boys

5 total births recorded since 1933 (Ebby as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1933 5

Ebby by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
17 births that decade — 61% of Ebby's all-time total
1990s52010s172020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ebby?
28 babies have been named Ebby since 1999. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2012 with 6 births.
When was Ebby most popular?
Ebby was most popular in the 2010s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Is Ebby a unisex name?
Yes, Ebby is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 28 births, and as a boy's name it has 5 births.
How long has the name Ebby been used?
Ebby has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 24 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Ebby?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ebba, Ebbie, Ebbony. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.