Ebonee — girls' name
1,662 babies named Ebonee in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Ebonee was born in this single decade.
97 babies were named Ebonee in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ebonee
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,662 babies named Ebonee between 1971 and 2012, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ebonee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 97 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ebonee performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 724 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ebonee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 96 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ebonee in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ebonee 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 1,662 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.
Ebonee at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ebonee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1971
- Peak year (1991)
- 97
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
1,662 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 97 births in a single year.
Ebonee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 724 births that decade — 44% of Ebonee's all-time total
Ebonee decade highlights
- Peak decade 724 births
- Runner-up 648 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ebonee's strongest decade
724 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Ebonee by state
Where Ebonee concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 96 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 81 | 4.9% |
| #3 | California | | 76 | 4.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 57 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 45 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 32 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 32 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 24 | 1.4% |
96 of 1,662 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.9% of nationwide
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- New York 3.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ebonee appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1971–2012 (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.