Girls' name · since 1975
Ebonye
Ebonye has 106 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ebonye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 106 have been recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Ebonye recorded 106 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1989.
- #26,465 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 106 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ebonye ranks #26,465 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 106 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ebonye's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ebonye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ebonye's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ebonye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1989
- Peak year (1981)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Ebonye by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (72 births, 68% of the file).
1980s was Ebonye's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Ebonye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 72 births (68% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ebonye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ebonye draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.