Eben

Last seen for girls in 1984 at #9,144 · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1888 · 14 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,608
since 1880

Eben over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Eben has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #528, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,84828
2024#2,75047
2023#3,80229
2022#3,21637
2021#2,62349
2020#2,43753
2019#2,69447
2018#2,14765
2017#3,12337
2016#2,30557
2015#1,91076
2014#2,08267
2013#1,79480
2012#1,575100
2011#1,63593
2010#1,71389
2009#1,66594
2008#1,76085
2007#1,86177
2006#2,01066
2005#2,00862
2004#1,98960
2003#1,81565
2002#2,37243
2001#2,34642
2000#2,47638
1999#2,60833
1998#3,39022
1997#2,50232
1996#2,14539
1995#3,19121
1994#3,32620
1993#2,57728
1992#2,53228
1991#2,34430
1990#2,37329
1989#2,46926
1988#1,90934
1987#2,16927
1986#1,83733
1985#2,01928
1984#9,1446#1,79631
1983#1,32749
1982#1,46443
1981#1,60237
1980#1,47542
1979#1,63335
1978#1,87027
1977#1,64533
1976#1,33344
1975#1,36141
1974#1,58231
1973#1,43535
1972#1,50832
1971#1,40037
1970#1,69926
1969#1,91419
1968#1,78820
1967#1,54025
1966#1,58024
1965#2,9828
1964#1,79320
1963#2,20014
1962#1,96217
1961#2,07016
1960#1,72822
1959#2,66310
1958#2,17714
1957#2,01916
1956#1,60824
1955#2,30212
1954#1,88717
1953#1,76519
1952#2,01015
1951#2,49510
1950#2,20712
1949#2,33711
1948#2,21812
1947#1,73319
1946#2,40310
1945#1,92613
1944#2,19511
1943#1,83316
1942#2,5239
1941#1,82115
1940#2,6718
1939#2,4499
1938#1,90114
1937#3,5185
1936#2,8547
1935#1,92914
1934#3,6795
1933#1,90514
1932#1,71618
1931#2,8648
1930#2,17813
1929#2,58910
1928#3,0768
1927#1,87118
1926#1,51524
1925#2,31313
1924#1,62823
1923#1,69621
1922#1,88318
1921#1,50925
1920#1,74720
1919#1,62421
1918#1,53923
1917#1,39625
1916#1,17631
1915#1,26527
1914#2,2719
1913#1,25617
1912#1,61910
1911
1910#1,04510
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,0027
1904#1,2055
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,1626
1899
1898#1,1215
1897
1896#9826
1895#8727
1894#9546
1893
1892#9566
1891
1890#8147
1889#7897
1888#52814
1887#8196
1886#6479
1885#8366
1884#61310
1883#7207
1882#6918
1881
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eben was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Eben
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,098 spots since 2024 (#2,750#3,848)
  • 1,411 spots since 2020 (#2,437#3,848)
  • 1,938 spots since 2015 (#1,910#3,848)
  • Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1888 (#819#528)
  • Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1889 (#528#789)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #528 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1882–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,632
  • Highest: 1 in 8,632 boys born in 1888 were named Eben (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 19.7% of all boys named Eben (711) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s76#528 (1888)#698
1890s37#814 (1890)#950
1900s18#1,002 (1905)#1,123
1910s173#1,045 (1910)#1,466
1920s180#1,509 (1921)#1,983
1930s107#1,716 (1932)#2,499
1940s124#1,733 (1947)#2,166
1950s149#1,608 (1956)#2,113
1960s185#1,540 (1967)#1,956
1970s341#1,333 (1976)#1,547
1980s350#1,327 (1983)#1,807
1990s282#2,145 (1996)#2,699
2000s632#1,665 (2009)#2,030
2010s711#1,575 (2012)#2,098
2020s243#2,437 (2020)#3,113

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Eben in 1890

boys
#814
7 births · 1 in 15,861 boys

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #814Eben7
More about 1890

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 15,861 of them was named Eben, which outranked 29.9% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eben
  1. #739Worth8
  2. #739Xavier8
  3. #739Zeb8
  4. #814Eben7
  5. #814Alcide7
  6. #814Alto7
  7. #814Benny7
  8. #884Abb6
  9. #884Addie6
  10. #884Alpheus6

Tied with 69 names at #814; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 463Hoyt#974#511
  2. 441Ebb#974#533
  3. 371Eva#974#603
  4. 371Perley#974#603
  5. 371Jimmy#974#603
Fallers
  1. 530Alvie#464#994
  2. 438Thornton#446#884
  3. 420Hezekiah#464#884
  4. 413Essie#581#994
  5. 413Clare#581#994

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890