How Many People Are Named Eben?
people named Eben are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 121,631 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,614 babies named Eben in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
100 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of EBENEZER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Eben (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eben alive today is about 29 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eben first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2012, to 100 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eben has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #534, in 1888. In 2025 it ranked #3,873.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,873 |
| Best rank | #534 (1888) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,005 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eben alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eben were born in California than in any other state: about 147 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eben was given 45.7 times as often in Maine, 5.4 times in Massachusetts and 2.4 times in New York.
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