# Ebenezer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ebenezer/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “stone of help” |
| Pronunciation | /ɛbəˈnizɚ/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,249 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,216 / 33 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 379, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).

## What it means

Ebenezer is grouped under mountain and protector.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 18,310 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,776 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,110 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,843 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,293 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,770 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 2,814 |
| 2012 | 48 | 2,565 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,780 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2,721 |
| 2015 | 49 | 2,536 |
| 2016 | 42 | 2,849 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,356 |
| 2018 | 47 | 2,641 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,008 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,941 |
| 2021 | 46 | 2,741 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,428 |
| 2023 | 53 | 2,518 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,607 |
| 2025 | 52 | 2,544 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## In other languages

- Greek: Εμπενίζερ
- Polish: Ebenezer

## People named Ebenezer

- Ebenezer Howard, British writer, founder of the garden city movement (1850–1928)
- Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman (1831-1924)
- Ebenezer Elliott, British poet (1781-1849)
- Ebenezer R. Hoar, American lawyer, judge, and politician (1816-1895)
- Ebenezer Emmons, American geologist (1799-1863)
- Ebenezer Cunningham, British mathematician (1881–1977)
- Ebenezer Hazard, American postmaster (1744-1817)
- Dan Agyei, association football player
- Ebbie Goodfellow, Canadian ice hockey player (1906–1985)
- Eben Sumner Draper, American politician (1858-1914)

## 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.