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How popular is the name Ebony?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ebonies are alive today.
Ebony (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 872nd in 2025 with 40 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2005, when 478 babies were given the name, the 106th most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 8% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 7,100 babies have been named Ebony in England and Wales since 1996. Ebony is one spelling of a name also recorded as Eboni and Ebonie; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ebony you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Ebonies born in England and Wales are between 16 and 27, and there are at least 9,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Ebony.
How many babies are named Ebony each year?
Includes all spellings: Ebony, Eboni, Ebonie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ebony spelling rank?
Where does the Eboni spelling rank?
Where does the Ebonie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ebony most popular?
Ebony peaked in 2005, when 520 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Ebony?
At least 9,400 people named Ebony in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ebony?
Most living Ebonies are between 16 and 27; the most common age is about 21.
Is Ebony becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.