Ebony — #5455 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ebony

The Social Security Administration has registered 38,975 babies named Ebony between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ebony currently holds the #5455 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 2,279 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ebony performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18,263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ebony shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,131 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ebony in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ebony 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 38,975 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.