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Ebenezer: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 52 in 2025. Its best rank was #792 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #792 in 1884; #2,544 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ebenezer in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,544 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #792.
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Ebenezer: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 52 boys in 2025. Peak: #792 in 1884 · most boys in one year: 55 (2017).
In 2025, 52 US boys were named Ebenezer, making it the 2,544th most common boys’ name of the year, up 63 places from #2,607 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 51 boys named Ebenezer in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #792, reached in 1884. The most boys given the name in a single year was 55, in 2017. For comparison, it was #2,536 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ebenezer in 56 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 7 babies. In all, 1,249 US babies have been given the name, 2.6% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 468 babies named Ebenezer.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 460 US boys were named Ebenezer; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 55. In 2025 that was about 1 in 32,848 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ebenezer ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #1,144 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Eben (3,614 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Eb, Ebbie and Eben.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 6 | #1,144 | — |
| New York | 5 | #1,832 | — |
| California | 6 | #2,265 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 52 | #2,544 |
| 2024 | — | — | 51 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | — | — | 53 | #2,518 |
| 2022 | — | — | 34 | #3,428 |
| 2021 | — | — | 46 | #2,741 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,770 | 40 | #2,941 |
| 2019 | — | — | 40 | #3,008 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,293 | 47 | #2,641 |
| 2017 | — | — | 55 | #2,356 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,843 | 42 | #2,849 |
| 2015 | — | — | 49 | #2,536 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,110 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2013 | — | — | 42 | #2,780 |
| 2012 | — | — | 48 | #2,565 |
| 2011 | — | — | 42 | #2,814 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,776 | 36 | #3,138 |
| 2009 | — | — | 28 | #3,750 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,310 | 26 | #3,966 |
| 2007 | — | — | 35 | #3,205 |
| 2006 | — | — | 27 | #3,709 |
| 2005 | — | — | 26 | #3,644 |
| 2004 | — | — | 30 | #3,242 |
| 2003 | — | — | 21 | #4,017 |
| 2002 | — | — | 22 | #3,823 |
| 2001 | — | — | 18 | #4,344 |
| 2000 | — | — | 21 | #3,814 |
| 1999 | — | — | 13 | #5,119 |
| 1998 | — | — | 12 | #5,238 |
| 1997 | — | — | 8 | #6,797 |
| 1996 | — | — | 13 | #4,685 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,595 |
| 1994 | — | — | 10 | #5,572 |
| 1993 | — | — | 8 | #6,392 |
| 1992 | — | — | 11 | #4,978 |
| 1991 | — | — | 11 | #4,861 |
| 1990 | — | — | 9 | #5,506 |
| 1989 | — | — | 14 | #3,869 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,576 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,127 |
| 1983 | — | — | 7 | #5,075 |
| 1982 | — | — | 6 | #5,853 |
| 1980 | — | — | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1978 | — | — | 7 | #4,685 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #4,582 |
| 1968 | — | — | 6 | #3,825 |
| 1957 | — | — | 5 | #4,141 |
| 1946 | — | — | 7 | #2,976 |
| 1938 | — | — | 9 | #2,527 |
| 1927 | — | — | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1926 | — | — | 5 | #4,387 |
| 1925 | — | — | 5 | #4,384 |
| 1924 | — | — | 5 | #4,523 |
| 1920 | — | — | 5 | #4,481 |
| 1918 | — | — | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,351 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #792 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).