Ebon — boys' name
269 babies named Ebon in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Ebon was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Ebon in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ebon
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Ebon between 1969 and 2019, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ebon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ebon performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ebon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ebon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ebon 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 269 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.
Ebon at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ebon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1969
- Peak year (1977)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
269 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 16 births in a single year.
Ebon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 98 births that decade — 36% of Ebon's all-time total
Ebon decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ebon's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Ebon by state
Where Ebon concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.2% |
6 of 269 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% 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, 1969–2019 (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.