Ebany
Girl · EB-uh-nee · English
Ebany is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “black hardwood”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ebany mean?
English: variant spelling of Ebony
“black hardwood”
A variant of Ebony, the dark hardwood, a word that reached English from Greek ebenos.
- Say it
- EB-uh-nee
Is Ebany a girl's or a boy's name?
Ebany is a girls' name.
How popular is Ebany in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 7 girls.
Ebany in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Ebany in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Ebany in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ebany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
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