Eber

#5,927 in 2025Boys' name

Region beyond

Eber has been given to 1,328 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #5,927 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 41 recorded.

Babies named Eber, 2025

1 in 221,000

Eber over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Eber: meaning, origin, and history

Region beyond

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eber means

Eber means “region beyond”.

Origin, language, and formation

Eber is used in English.

Eber comes through Hebrew עֵבֶר.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,328 boys were recorded with the name Eber between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 41 in 2007; its best national rank was #664 in 1882.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,083 in 2020 to #5,927 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,760 in 2015 to #5,927 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Eber?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 221,000; 15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 114,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,927; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 153,194 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Eber 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 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eber. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ebers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eber was born before 1997 — so the typical Eber is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 22.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 45.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 915; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 22.7% of all recorded uses (302).

Is Eber 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: −1,187; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −844; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,167; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.75×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 36.6%; Peak was 2007 (41)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #664; 1882

Spellings of Eber

Eber is not the most common spelling — Peter is, with 54.5% against Eber's 0.12%.

Peter54.5%589,588
Elmer12.0%129,591
Ben7.9%85,349
Abel6.1%66,037
Bert3.1%33,585
Elbert3.1%33,511
Emery1.9%20,412
Iker1.7%18,921

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 Eber is used

Across 1910–2025, Eber was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 105,124 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 100,000
2Texas1 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. Eber has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Eber by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,927
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 844
Best rank ever: #664; 1882
Peak year: 2007; 41 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,328
Count in 2025: 15

Names similar to Eber

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

Eben Heber Ebenezer Ember Timber Arber Saber Ebert Amber Kimber Jaber Wilber Rober Taber Huber Dovber Caliber Eberardo Gerber Elber Weber Uber October Bubber

Sibling names for Eber

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

For a sister

Taniya Jazmyne Rhianna Jaiden Yahaira Jamya Abigale Abigayle

For a brother

Kale Jamarcus Keven Gavyn Nevin Zakary Brennen Nathen

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