Given name
Eboni
“a dark beauty”
Eboni is a variant of Ebony. One Egyptian interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eboni is a variant of Ebony. One Egyptian interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eboni 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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eboni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,527
- 5 boys · 6,522 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 282 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −77%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 282 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,109 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 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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