Given name & surname
Ebon
“as solid as a rock”
Ebon is a variant of Eben. One Hebrew interpretation is “as solid as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ebon is a variant of Eben. One Hebrew interpretation is “as solid as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ebon is a variant of Eben. An origin associated with Eben is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ebon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 269
- 269 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 312 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ebon
- Ebon Moss-BachrachAmerican actorborn 1977
- Ebon C. IngersollAmerican politician (1831-1879)
- Ebon AnderssonSwedish politician1896–1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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