Ebenezer
Masculine · “stone of help”
Ebenezer is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,216 boys against 33 girls since 1880.
Ebenezer is a stone of help in Hebrew — Samuel set one up and named it — so the name is a monument, not a person.
How old is the name Ebenezer?
Ebenezer first appears in US birth records in 1884 — 141 years ago. The typical Ebenezer is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Ebenezer are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ebenezer most popular?
Ebenezer peaked in 1884, reaching #764 nationally. Today it ranks #2539, 1,775 places below that high. See the whole 1884 chart.
Where it comes from
From even ezer to Ebenezer
The story of Ebenezer
Samuel raises a stone after driving off the Philistines and calls it Ebenezer, thus far the Lord has helped us — a memorial, not a child. English Puritans took it as a given name anyway, and Dickens gave it to Scrooge in 1843, which has shaped it since. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
stone of help
From the Hebrew even ha-ezer — even, 'stone', and ezer, 'help'. 1 Samuel 7 has Samuel set up a stone after a victory and name it, saying the Lord has helped us this far. It names an object rather than a man. The Hebrew is documented.
How the name formed
- even ezer
- Ebenezer
Related forms: אבן העזר · Ebenezar
Pronouncing Ebenezer
eb-uh-NEE-zur
Four syllables, stress on the third. Hebrew even ha-ezer is quite different.
Nicknames for Ebenezer
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1884
- Most boys named
- 201755 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #764reached in 1884
- Change vs 2024
- +2.0%52 in 2025, from 51
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ebenezer in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- אבן העזר in Hebrew — related form
- Ebenezar in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Ebenezers among us
people named Ebenezer are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 32,848 born in 2025 was named Ebenezer
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Ebenezer sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ebenezer is headed
Ebenezer should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ebenezer beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ebenezer in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the name belongs to a stone rather than a person is a first-rate fact.
- Eben and Ben are two short forms, both with real records.
- The stone-of-help meaning is concrete and warm.
- Dickens's Scrooge dominates the association entirely.
- Four syllables make it very long for everyday use.
- It reads as strongly Victorian.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ebenezers are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Ebenezer are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ebenezer in 2025?
- Ebenezer ranks #2539 among US boy names in 2025, with 52 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ebenezer?
- About 1 in every 32,848 US boys born in 2025 was named Ebenezer — 52 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ebenezer with classmates?
- Ebenezer will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ebenezer
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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