Ebert — boys' name
299 babies named Ebert in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Ebert was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Ebert in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ebert
The Social Security Administration has registered 299 babies named Ebert between 1892 and 2008, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ebert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ebert performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ebert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ebert in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ebert 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 299 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.
Ebert at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ebert popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1892
- Peak year (1919)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 117 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
299 total births across 117 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 17 births in a single year.
Ebert by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 90 births that decade — 30% of Ebert's all-time total
Ebert decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Ebert's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Ebert by state
Where Ebert concentrates geographically — total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 299 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1892–2008 (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.