# Eben (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eben/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “stone” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,614 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,608 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 755, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortened from Ebenezer; equivalent to Hebrew אֶבֶן (éven, “stone”).

## What it means

Eben is grouped under mountain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 6 | 9,462 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 93 | 1,638 |
| 2012 | 100 | 1,582 |
| 2013 | 80 | 1,799 |
| 2014 | 67 | 2,084 |
| 2015 | 76 | 1,917 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,309 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,140 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,152 |
| 2019 | 47 | 2,704 |
| 2020 | 53 | 2,443 |
| 2021 | 49 | 2,633 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,231 |
| 2023 | 29 | 3,820 |
| 2024 | 47 | 2,759 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,874 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 718 |
| 2012 | 44 | 748 |
| 2013 | 67 | 544 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 36 | 870 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 30 | 958 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,018 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Eben

- Eben Moglen, American law professor and free software advocate
- Eben Alexander, American neurosurgeon
- Eben Upton, British computer scientist
- Eben Norton Horsford, American food scientist and chemist (1818–1893)
- Eben E. Rexford, American lyricist and horticulturist (1848–1916)
- George Erskine, British Army officer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.