—2024 rank
1982peak year
38,905babies named Ebony since 1880
▼ 38%5-year trend
Ebony popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Ebony mean?
From the English word for the dense black wood, via Latin ebenus from Egyptian hbny. Peaked in the 1970s and 1980s.
OriginEnglish, Egyptian
Syllables3
Gendergirl
Stylemodern, nature
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Spellings & variants
EboniEbonee
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