Ebonie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ebonie

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,638 babies named Ebonie between 1971 and 2013, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ebonie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 146 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ebonie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,237 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ebonie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 249 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ebonie in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ebonie 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 2,638 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.