How Many People Are Named Ebenezer?
people named Ebenezer are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 291,128 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,249 babies named Ebenezer in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
55 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "stone of help" in Hebrew. This was the name of a monument erected by Samuel in the Old Testament. Charles Dickens used it for the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in his novel 'A Christmas Carol' (1843).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ebenezer, 2.8% were girls and 97.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ebenezer alive today is about 15 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ebenezer first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 2017, to 55 babies. In 2025, 52 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ebenezer has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #792, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #2,544.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,544 |
| Best rank | #792 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,722 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ebenezer alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ebenezer were born in Texas than in any other state: about 61 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ebenezer was given about 3.4 times as often in Texas.
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