Ebone
Girl · eh-BOHN · English
Ebone is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “black hardwood”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ebone mean?
English: variant spelling of Ebony
“black hardwood”
A variant of Ebony, the dark hardwood, a word that reached English from Greek ebenos.
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Is Ebone a girl's or a boy's name?
Ebone is a girls' name.
How popular is Ebone in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 98 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Ebone in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ebone in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,250 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,726 |
| 1994 | 93 | #1,619 |
| 1993 | 98 | #1,567 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 48 | #2,290 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,264 |
| 1985 | 71 | #1,649 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,657 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,900 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,958 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
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