Eben
Eben was given to 28 boys in 2025, #3,873 among boys’ names; 3,614 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,800 Americans named Eben and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 14 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eben by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eben mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eben is “a male given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “stone” (אֶבֶן).
Shortened from Ebenezer; equivalent to Hebrew אֶבֶן (éven, “stone”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eben?
#3,873 among boys’ names, 2025
Eben fell from #1,917 in 2015 to #3,873 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 39.7 to 16.4 per million.
100 babies in 2012, the peak
Eben peaked in 2012, when 100 boys were given it, #1,582 among boys’ names. The 28 births of 2025 are 28% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,873 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,759 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,817 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,229 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,632 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,442 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,703 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,151 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,139 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,309 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 76 | #1,917 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,083 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 80 | #1,798 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,582 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 93 | #1,638 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 89 | #1,720 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 94 | #1,670 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 85 | #1,765 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,866 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,019 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,009 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,995 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,819 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 43 | #2,385 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,350 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,486 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,629 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,414 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,505 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,151 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,218 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,355 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,595 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,550 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,351 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,386 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,495 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,915 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,179 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,848 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,031 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,806 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 49 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,468 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,609 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,479 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,642 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,885 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,337 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 41 | #1,362 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,597 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,444 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,515 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 37 | #1,403 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,717 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,925 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,798 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,547 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,592 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,053 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,808 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,230 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,989 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,086 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,737 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,700 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,203 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,040 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,616 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,336 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,911 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,781 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,027 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,540 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,242 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,372 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,245 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,748 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,444 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,951 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,227 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,855 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,573 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,839 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,719 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,506 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,921 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,670 | under 0.01 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,960 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,959 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,826 | under 0.01 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,929 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,736 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,917 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,212 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,642 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,159 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,894 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,528 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,338 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,638 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,911 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,519 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,774 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,644 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,555 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,183 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,274 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,319 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,272 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,651 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,062 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,259 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,205 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,169 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 7 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 6 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 6 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 7 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 7 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 14 | #534 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 6 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 9 | #657 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 6 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 10 | #627 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 7 | #744 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 8 | #718 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 9 | #647 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Eben a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eben has been given almost only to boys: 6 girls in 133 years of records.
Girls and boys named Eben: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eben, and how old are they?
2,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 3,614 Americans ever recorded as Eben. The median Eben alive today is 23 years old; half are between 14 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 2,648 people named Eben (47 women and girls, 2,601 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,655 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 39 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 194 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 427 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 483 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 987 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 667 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Eben born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 5 | #1,913 | 0.0× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Eben with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 4,475 babies since 1880, Eben is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 28 of their 28 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eben
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eben and names like it
- Compare Eben and EbinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEben peaked in 2012.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eben since 1910.
- The top names of 2012The year the most babies were named Eben.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Eben alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.