Given name
Eboney
“a dark beauty”
Eboney is a variant of Ebony. One Egyptian interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eboney is a variant of Ebony. One Egyptian interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eboney is a variant of Ebony. Ebony has been associated with Greek and Egyptian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eboney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 747
- 0 boys · 747 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 46 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 girls is 10 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 46 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 568 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: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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