Eber

#5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births

Peak · boys
1882 · 9 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,328
since 1880

Eber over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Eber has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #652, 1882boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,86115
2024#4,70121
2023#4,61022
2022#4,44223
2021#6,69812
2020#5,04118
2019#6,10414
2018#4,73920
2017#5,52616
2016#5,12418
2015#4,71120
2014#4,86619
2013#3,75327
2012#4,53321
2011#4,22123
2010#3,63329
2009#4,58221
2008#3,48631
2007#2,86841
2006#3,08335
2005#3,02234
2004#3,53426
2003#3,28028
2002#2,88232
2001#2,79733
2000#3,76421
1999#3,59121
1998#3,39022
1997#3,26122
1996#3,02124
1995#4,05215
1994#2,76626
1993#3,81916
1992#4,11414
1991#3,81315
1990#3,30918
1989#4,52711
1988#4,16211
1987#4,9688
1986#4,4579
1985
1984
1983#4,1419
1982#5,0037
1981
1980#5,5256
1979
1978
1977#4,1648
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972#4,9865
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958#3,5596
1957#2,63110
1956
1955
1954
1953#3,4256
1952
1951
1950#3,3296
1949
1948#3,3166
1947#2,6719
1946#3,5255
1945
1944#2,30910
1943#3,5385
1942
1941#3,1336
1940#2,6718
1939#2,8297
1938#3,1756
1937
1936
1935#3,2526
1934#2,9737
1933#2,5429
1932#3,0927
1931#2,32811
1930#3,0228
1929#2,9808
1928#2,16214
1927#2,29813
1926#1,98116
1925#2,08915
1924#2,13215
1923#3,4677
1922#2,14315
1921#2,05916
1920#2,13115
1919#1,97316
1918#1,82718
1917#1,58721
1916#1,94915
1915#2,18412
1914#2,4578
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906#1,1116
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896#9007
1895
1894
1893
1892#7489
1891
1890
1889#6739
1888#9176
1887#9215
1886#9595
1885#8366
1884
1883
1882#6529
1881#8665
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eber was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Eber
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,160 spots since 2024 (#4,701#5,861)
  • 820 spots since 2020 (#5,041#5,861)
  • 1,150 spots since 2015 (#4,711#5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1889 (#917#673)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1897 (#900#1,057)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #652 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1885–1889
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,287
  • Highest: 1 in 12,287 boys born in 1889 were named Eber (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #652 in 1882, was only 1 in 12,632 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 22.7% of all boys named Eber (302) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s52#652 (1882)#821
1890s21#748 (1892)#902
1900s6#1,111 (1906)#1,111
1910s90#1,587 (1917)#1,996
1920s134#1,981 (1926)#2,344
1930s61#2,328 (1931)#2,902
1940s49#2,309 (1944)#3,023
1950s28#2,631 (1957)#3,236
1960s0
1970s13#4,164 (1977)#4,575
1980s61#4,141 (1983)#4,683
1990s193#2,766 (1994)#3,514
2000s302#2,797 (2001)#3,330
2010s207#3,633 (2010)#4,721
2020s111#4,442 (2022)#5,226

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.

Eber in 1887

boys
#921
5 births · 1 in 20,282 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #921Eber5
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 20,282 of them was named Eber, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eber
  1. #819Woodie6
  2. #819Wright6
  3. #819Yancy6
  4. #921Eber5
  5. #921Ab5
  6. #921Abbie5
  7. #921Ada5

Tied with 146 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. 539Carey#959#420
  2. 521Santiago#959#438
  3. 471Annie#959#488
  4. 471Roderick#959#488
  5. 453Morton#845#392
Fallers
  1. 430Dell#491#921
  2. 420Hardy#332#752
  3. 409Brady#512#921
  4. 381Walton#540#921
  5. 368Milford#451#819

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

See the top 100 for 1887