Eboni

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Eboni by the numbers

Eboni was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 282 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Eboni

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eboni. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Eboni

Names that are said the same way as Eboni, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ebonydark wood or black wood; ebonos tree40 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ebonieebony wood; a form of Ebony11 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Eboni

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