Given name
Ebonie
“a dark beauty”
Ebonie is a variant of Ebony. One Egyptian interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ebonie is a variant of Ebony. One Egyptian interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ebonie 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 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ebonie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,638
- 0 boys · 2,638 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 146 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 7 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 146 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,055 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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