Ebony

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Also spelled: Ebony- (7)

Meaning

Ebony is an English feminine given name often given in reference to the color black or to the type of wood. It has been particularly well used by Black people in the United States.

From Wikipedia

Ebony first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2005 with 478 babies (rank #106 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ebony

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ebony yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

6,438
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
478
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996200#211
1997204#206
1998309#150
1999253#177
2000327#142
2001317#143
2002375#126
2003418#116
2004461#115
2005478#106
2006446#119
2007368#150
2008386#138
2009367#148
2010280#184
2011284#180
2012237#212
2013233#220
2014187#261
2015163#294
2016145#339