Eber
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-ber
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Eber is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the region beyond”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Eber mean?
Hebrew: biblical name, also used in Spanish
“the region beyond”
In Genesis, Eber is a great-grandson of Shem and the traditional ancestor of the Hebrews.
Is Eber a girl's or a boy's name?
Eber is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eber in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Eber, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 41 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Eber in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eber in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 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 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 9 | #652 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Eber
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eber: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eber, updated 20 October 2026.