Eben
Eben is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 47 births. Its best rank was 534th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 470.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2012100 births
- Best rank
- #534in 1888
- Since 1880
- 3,580people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,580 boys have been named Eben in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 100 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 2010s alone account for 20%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Eben | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | |
| 1890s | 37 | |
| 1900s | 18 | |
| 1910s | 173 | |
| 1920s | 180 | |
| 1930s | 107 | |
| 1940s | 124 | |
| 1950s | 149 | |
| 1960s | 185 | |
| 1970s | 341 | |
| 1980s | 350 | |
| 1990s | 282 | |
| 2000s | 632 | |
| 2010s | 711 | |
| 2020s | 215 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Eben was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Eben
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeffersonpeak 2009
- Elishapeak 2008
- Simeonpeak 2019
- Ephraimpeak 2017
- Zackpeak 2008
- Asapeak 2022
- Simonpeak 2015
- Judsonpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.