girls:
883 births since 1888
#4833 (15th percentile)
boys:
22 births since 2013
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
905 births since 1888
#6834 (12th percentile)
The name Ebba is the #6,834 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 905 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 11.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,833 (15.4% percentile) for all time with 883 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2013.
Ebba first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 2013 for boys). Birth data for Ebba is available in 69 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (69 years for girls and 4 years for boys). 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.
The name Ebba has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 76.0% of babies named Ebba were girls.
For girls, Ebba reached its peak popularity in 1898, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #318) with 95 births per million. The name was most common in 1888, with 95 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Ebba ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 11.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ebba reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #910) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Ebba is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ebba".
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