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Ebenezer

#2,544 in 2025Boys' name

Stone of help

Ebenezer has been given to 1,249 babies in the U.S. since 1884. In 2025 it ranked #2,544 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 55 recorded.

Babies named Ebenezer, 2025

1 in 63,800

Ebenezer over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ebenezer: meaning, origin, and history

Stone of help

Hebrew and English

What Ebenezer means

Ebenezer means “stone of help”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).

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

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ebenezer is used in English and Cebuano. Its origins include Hebrew and English.

Ebenezer comes through Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Ebenezer is pronounced /ɛbəˈnizɚ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,216 boys were recorded with the name Ebenezer between 1884 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 55 in 2017; its best national rank was #792 in 1884.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,940 in 2020 to #2,544 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,535 in 2015 to #2,544 in 2025.

In the United States, 33 girls were recorded with the name Ebenezer between 2008 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2014; its best national rank was #14,288 in 2018.

How common is Ebenezer?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 63,800
52 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 32,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,544
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
44,191 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ebenezer 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 44,191 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ebenezer. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ebenezers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ebenezer was born before 2012 — so the typical Ebenezer is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
36.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,154
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 36.6% of all recorded uses (445).

Is Ebenezer 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
+63
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+396
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−9
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.06×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
94.5%
Peak was 2017 (55)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#792
1884

Where Ebenezer is used

Across 2016–2025, Ebenezer was most concentrated in Virginia — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 77,212 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

13 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Virginia1 in 33,333
  2. 2Maryland1 in 50,000
  3. 3Ohio1 in 50,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 50,000
  5. 5Washington1 in 50,000
  6. 6Arizona1 in 100,000
  7. 7California1 in 100,000
  8. 8New York1 in 100,000

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.

Ebenezer around the world

Where Ebenezer 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
    #1,406
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2015–2015
    #686
    in 2015
  • France
    2003–2025
    #3,613
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1994–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1984–1984
    #455
    in 1984

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

Ebenezer by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,544
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 396
Best rank ever
#792
1884
Peak year
2017
55 that year
First recorded
1884
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,216
Count in 2025
52

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#14,288
2018
Peak year
2014
6 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
33
Count in 2025
Under 5

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

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