Ebba
Girl · EB-a · Germanic
Ebba is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “boar”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Ebba mean?
Germanic: Old English Æbbe and Scandinavian Ebba, linked to Germanic eber
“boar”
Saint Ebba was a 7th-century Northumbrian princess and abbess of Coldingham; St Abb's Head is named after her.
- Say it
- EB-a
Is Ebba a girl's or a boy's name?
Ebba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 26 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Ebba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Ebba, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 16 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ebba than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Ebba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Ebba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Ebba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Ebba, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1898, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888. 6 boys were also named Ebba in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Ebba than any year since 1898.
Half of all the girls named Ebba in the US since 1880 were born between 1901 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ebba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,801 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,805 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,444 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,113 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,011 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 20 | #760 |
| 1902 | 20 | #773 |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 |
| 1900 | 23 | #760 |
| 1899 | 16 | #814 |
| 1898 | 26 | #631 |
| 1897 | 22 | #660 |
| 1896 | 15 | #843 |
| 1895 | 18 | #746 |
| 1894 | 20 | #664 |
| 1893 | 18 | #687 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 13 | #758 |
| 1889 | 13 | #724 |
| 1888 | 18 | #593 |
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