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How popular is the name Eban?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ebans are alive today.

Eban (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Eben in England and Wales, ranked 3256th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2010, when 14 babies were given the name, the 1620th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2021, with 12 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 43% of its peak.

Across all spellings of the name, the Eben you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Ebens born in England and Wales are between 8 and 19, and there are at least 990 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Eben - on average, only one in every 307 such rooms contains a Eben.

How many babies are named Eban each year?

Includes all spellings: Eban, Eben. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0204060200020201996: 81997: 131998: 101999: 172000: 112001: 82002: 192003: 162004: 242005: 232006: 142007: 362008: 502009: 432010: 472011: 512012: 542013: 702014: 442015: 412016: 432017: 472018: 382019: 302020: 352021: 422022: 292023: 372024: 212025: 23actual

Where does the Eban spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201999: ranked 2,9432002: ranked 2,2542003: ranked 3,4672004: ranked 2,5782005: ranked 3,8492007: ranked 1,8852008: ranked 2,2762009: ranked 1,8592010: ranked 1,6202011: ranked 2,6132012: ranked 2,1172013: ranked 4,6852014: ranked 1,9352015: ranked 2,4832016: ranked 2,8042017: ranked 1,8122018: ranked 2,4452019: ranked 2,4882020: ranked 2,0762021: ranked 1,8602022: ranked 2,3212023: ranked 2,5472024: ranked 2,9222025: ranked 3,256

Where does the Eben spelling rank?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,4581997: ranked 1,0521998: ranked 1,2631999: ranked 1,0272000: ranked 1,2412001: ranked 1,5952002: ranked 1,1282003: ranked 1,2482004: ranked 1,0382005: ranked 1,0472006: ranked 1,4012007: ranked 9522008: ranked 6992009: ranked 8682010: ranked 8782011: ranked 7182012: ranked 7482013: ranked 5442014: ranked 8892015: ranked 9032016: ranked 8702017: ranked 9062018: ranked 9582019: ranked 1,1892020: ranked 1,0852021: ranked 9852022: ranked 1,3142023: ranked 1,0182024: ranked 1,7582025: ranked 1,538

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.

Chart: babies named Eban per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 70 in 2013
Eban: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Eban most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Eben, peaked in 2013, when 70 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Eban spelling itself peaked in 2010, with 14 babies.

How many people are called Eban?

At least 990 people named Eban in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Eban?

Most living Ebans are between 8 and 19; the most common age is about 14.

Is Eban becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2013 peak.






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