Ebony
Girl name · 411 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Ebony: 411 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 25 births in 2002.
Ebony is a name taken directly from the dark, dense wood of the same name, a word that travelled into English from the ancient Egyptian *hbnj* via Greek and Latin and came to symbolise deep, lustrous black. Among its notable bearers are the American actress Ebony Obsidian, known for her role in *If Beale Street Could Talk*, and the dancer Ebony Williams, a former member of Beyoncé’s touring
Girl 33 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 200225 babies
- Latest (2025)
- #5395 babies
- Total births
- 411since 1988
- 5-year trend
- ▼ 39%vs prior 5y