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Ebba

#5,009 in 2025Girls' name

God, through Ebbe

Ebba has been given to 953 babies in the U.S. since 1888. In 2025 it ranked #5,009 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1898, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Ebba, 2025

1 in 128,000

Ebba over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ebba: meaning, origin, and history

God, through Ebbe

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ebba means

Ebba belongs to the name family reached through Ebba → Ebbe → Ásbjǫrn. Its meaning is “god”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ebba is used in Danish, Faroese, Old English and Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ebbe and Ásbjǫrn.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old English, Ebba is pronounced /ˈeb.bɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 925 girls were recorded with the name Ebba between 1888 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1898; its best national rank was #595 in 1888.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,107 in 2020 to #5,009 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,589 in 2015 to #5,009 in 2025.

In the United States, 28 boys were recorded with the name Ebba between 2013 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2019; its best national rank was #11,020 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,568 in 2020 to #11,020 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ebba?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 61,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,009
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ebba sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ebba. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ebbas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ebba was born before 1916 — so the typical Ebba is around 109 today.

Median birth year
1916
About 109 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
20.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
24.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
244
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1910s — 20.4% of all recorded uses (189).

Is Ebba rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,326
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,098
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,580
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 1898 (26)
Years since peak
127
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#595
1888

Spellings of Ebba

Ebba is not the most common spelling — Emma is, with 28.2% against Ebba's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ebba is used

Across 1910–2025, Ebba was most concentrated in Connecticut — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,207,889 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Connecticut1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Minnesota1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ebba has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ebba around the world

Where Ebba ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,892
    in 2025
  • France
    2008–2008
    #5,602
    in 2008
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #67
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1980–1989
    #692
    in 1989

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ebba by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,009
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,098
Best rank ever
#595
1888
Peak year
1898
26 that year
First recorded
1888
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
925
Count in 2025
26

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,020
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,548
Best rank ever
#11,020
2025
Peak year
2019
6 that year
First recorded
2013
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
28
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Ebba

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ebba

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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