Ebony
Girl · EB-o-nee · English
Ebony is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “ebony wood”. In 2025 it ranked 848th for girls in the UK (45 babies) and 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Ebony mean?
English: English word name, via Greek ebenos from ancient Egyptian
“ebony wood”
From the dense black wood of the ebony tree, a word that goes back to ancient Egyptian.
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Is Ebony a girl's or a boy's name?
Ebony is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 girls in the UK and 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ebony in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #848among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 6,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the UK were named Ebony, making it the 848th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 516th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 510 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ebony in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 56 girls in the UK were given Ebony or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #667, up from #848 for this spelling alone.
- Ebony 45
- Ebonie 11
Among girls in 2025, it was 872nd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Ebony in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #848 |
| 2024 | 40 | #947 |
| 2023 | 65 | #623 |
| 2022 | 73 | #583 |
| 2021 | 86 | #526 |
| 2020 | 85 | #516 |
| 2019 | 129 | #373 |
| 2018 | 122 | #403 |
| 2017 | 142 | #360 |
| 2016 | 155 | #348 |
| 2015 | 181 | #293 |
| 2014 | 209 | #262 |
| 2013 | 249 | #225 |
| 2012 | 251 | #219 |
| 2011 | 306 | #188 |
| 2010 | 307 | #190 |
| 2009 | 388 | #158 |
| 2008 | 417 | #145 |
| 2007 | 386 | #160 |
| 2006 | 476 | #129 |
| 2005 | 510 | #114 |
| 2004 | 483 | #126 |
| 2003 | 445 | #124 |
| 2002 | 407 | #134 |
| 2001 | 338 | #153 |
| 2000 | 351 | #148 |
| 1999 | 260 | #192 |
| 1998 | 321 | #163 |
| 1997 | 219 | #215 |
| 1996 | 212 | #212 |
How popular is Ebony in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Ebony, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 2,279 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Ebony in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ebony in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,539 |
| 2015 | 56 | #3,024 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2013 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,047 |
| 2011 | 98 | #2,000 |
| 2010 | 119 | #1,747 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,383 |
| 2008 | 182 | #1,345 |
| 2007 | 208 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 227 | #1,102 |
| 2005 | 257 | #958 |
| 2004 | 307 | #816 |
| 2003 | 333 | #749 |
| 2002 | 372 | #675 |
| 2001 | 380 | #661 |
| 2000 | 474 | #552 |
| 1999 | 530 | #489 |
| 1998 | 614 | #433 |
| 1997 | 722 | #375 |
| 1996 | 801 | #347 |
| 1995 | 907 | #305 |
| 1994 | 994 | #280 |
| 1993 | 1,164 | #241 |
| 1992 | 1,349 | #213 |
| 1991 | 1,526 | #195 |
| 1990 | 1,567 | #186 |
| 1989 | 1,577 | #176 |
| 1988 | 1,726 | #164 |
| 1987 | 1,748 | #157 |
| 1986 | 1,662 | #165 |
| 1985 | 1,787 | #160 |
| 1984 | 2,130 | #137 |
| 1983 | 2,219 | #135 |
| 1982 | 2,279 | #132 |
| 1981 | 1,554 | #178 |
| 1980 | 1,581 | #175 |
| 1979 | 1,443 | #184 |
| 1978 | 1,320 | #198 |
| 1977 | 1,157 | #213 |
| 1976 | 896 | #265 |
| 1975 | 616 | #351 |
| 1974 | 499 | #404 |
| 1973 | 299 | #551 |
| 1972 | 236 | #645 |
| 1971 | 167 | #828 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,681 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
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