Eban
Boy · EB-en · Hebrew
Eban is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “stone”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Eban mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Eben; short form of Ebenezer; Hebrew even means stone
“stone”
A short form of Ebenezer, the stone of help set up by the prophet Samuel in the Bible.
- Say it
- EB-en
Meaning borrowed from Eben. More on Wiktionary.
Is Eban a girl's or a boy's name?
Eban is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eban in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Eban, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 14 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Eban than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Eban in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were given Eban or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,127, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Eben 17
- Eban 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Eban in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Eban in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Eban in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eban in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
Names like Eban
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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