Ebenezer

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ebenezer: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ebenezer: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,125 in 2007, and it stood at #1,282 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1125highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1578
1998	#1821
1999	#1850
2000	#3036
2001	#1379
2002	#2254
2003	#1188
2004	#1498
2005	#1456
2006	#1280
2007	#1125
2008	#1242
2009	#2126
2010	#1483
2011	#1788
2012	#1669
2013	#1796
2014	#1630
2015	#1442
2016	#1570
2017	#1470
2018	#1875
2019	#1655
2020	#2228
2021	#1688
2022	#2320
2023	#1533
2024	#1282

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1125 among boys in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ebenezer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ebenezer in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	121	10 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	144	10 of 10	14
2020s	69	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ebenezer appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1125 in England and Wales in 2007.

Ebenezer's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1125	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,125, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,282position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ebonie · #821, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Taye · #1125, 24y
Amreen · #1126, 29y
Hamida · #1126, 26y
Memphis · #1124, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amreen · #1126, 29y
Hamida · #1126, 26y
Memphis · #1124, 25y
Safina · #1126, 29y

Ebenezer and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ebenezer without appearing here.

Ebenezer moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1282 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #4107.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #3523.
Anders Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2126 and #1749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Ebenezer

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1379 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1188 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #731.
Tadhg Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1483 and #1551 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1788 and #1251.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1470 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1875 and #1382.

Moved the opposite way to Ebenezer

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ebenezer went from #2254 to #1282 while Espen went from #3225 to #5119.

Moved the same way as Ebenezer

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ebenezer went from #1591 to #2320 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ebenezer went from #1591 to #2320 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Ebenezer went from #1591 to #2228 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1125 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ebenezer

Ebenezer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ebenezer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ebenezer at a glance

Ebenezer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ebenezer appears in

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ebenezer and the names beside it

Ebenezer moved ahead of

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