Ebb

Popularity Trends

The name Ebb is the #7,492 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 247 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,339 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 247 births since 1881.

Ebb first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for boys in 1881). Birth data for Ebb is available in 37 out of the 75 years between 1881 and 1955. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Ebb reached its peak popularity in 1890, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #203) with 109 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 109 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1955.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ebb".

1881 1955 18811955

Key Statistics

Total Births

247

Peak Births

Peak Year

1890

First Recorded

1881

Peak Percentile

3.8%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#203

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ebb", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Ebb.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Ebb's popularity from 1880 to 1958 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Ebb at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Ebb range from Besse at 70.4% correlation to Christena at 65.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 67.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Lulu with 12.6K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Tilla with 86 births (100% girls).

Ebb's share of births peaked at 108.6 births per million for boys in 1890. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (2% of peak) in 1955. In 1955, the most recent period with data, the name Ebb had 2.4 births per million, 2% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Besse

671

70.45% (strong)

Etna

676

70.25% (strong)

Rosey

1,243

69.46% (strong)

Tilla

69.34% (strong)

Lulu

12.6k

66.81% (strong)

Green

2,033

66.56% (strong)

Hamp

1,076

65.94% (strong)

Ole

2,080

65.79% (strong)

Sim

1,933

65.62% (strong)

Dolph

626

65.62% (strong)

Mayme

10.9k

65.50% (strong)

Christena

2,844

65.48% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Ebb

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Ebb. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Ebb is pronounced as ehb, which has 1 syllables.

ehb

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ehb (1 syllable)

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EH1 B

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like EH1 B) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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