Over the past 110 years, 60 boys and 36 914 girls have been named Ebony. The name Ebony ranks 6686th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Ebony in 1975. The peak of popularity of the name Ebony came in the 1970s and 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.