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Eben

#3,873 in 2025Boys' name

Stone

Eben has been given to 3,614 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #3,873 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 100 recorded.

Babies named Eben, 2025

1 in 118,000

Eben over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Eben: meaning, origin, and history

Stone

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eben means

Eben means “stone”, associated with éven.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Shortened from Ebenezer; equivalent to Hebrew אֶבֶן (éven, “stone”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Eben (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Eben is used in English.

Eben comes through Hebrew אֶבֶן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ebenezer.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,608 boys were recorded with the name Eben between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 100 in 2012; its best national rank was #534 in 1888.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,442 in 2020 to #3,873 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,917 in 2015 to #3,873 in 2025.

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Eben between 1984 and 1984. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1984; its best national rank was #9,457 in 1984.

How common is Eben?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 118,000
28 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 61,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,873
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
82,069 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Eben sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eben. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ebens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eben was born before 1992 — so the typical Eben is around 33 today.

Median birth year
1992
About 33 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
19.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
42.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,893
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 19.7% of all recorded uses (711).

Is Eben 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
−1,114
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,431
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,956
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.37×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
28.0%
Peak was 2012 (100)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#534
1888

Spellings of Eben

Eben is not the most common spelling — Evan is, with 23.5% against Eben's 0.30%.

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 Eben is used

Across 1910–2025, Eben was most concentrated in Maine — about 1 in 7,692 boys, against 1 in 178,713 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

013 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maine1 in 7,692
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Colorado1 in 100,000
  5. 5New York1 in 100,000
  6. 6South Dakota1 in 100,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 100,000
  8. 8Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Eben has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Eben around the world

Where Eben 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
    #1,538
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2008–2022
    #472
    in 2022
  • Northern Ireland
    2008–2018
    #416
    in 2018
  • Ireland
    2024–2024
    #785
    in 2024
  • France
    2003–2025
    #3,785
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2004–2018
    #1,741
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1969–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Eben

People whose public names include Eben, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Eben in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Eben. Linked forms have their own page here.

BenEbanEbonEbenezer

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Eben by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,873
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,431
Best rank ever
#534
1888
Peak year
2012
100 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,608
Count in 2025
28

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,457
1984
Peak year
1984
6 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
1984
All-time count
6
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Eben

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

EberRuebenKorbenCorbenEbenezerEbertTorbenReubenBenEsbenRubenAbenArbenAlbenKobenEberardoCobenRobenTobenSabenJabenHabenRobbenOrben

Names with a curve like Eben

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Eben, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

PatricioMannyCreightonCyIsrealRobinsonDomenicoMarkoRenatoBurkeGeronimoSalomon

Sibling names for Eben

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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