Ebenezer
Ebenezer, less commonly spelled Ebenezar, is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "stone of the help". The name is sometimes abbreviated as Eben. Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has given the name a negative connotation.
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Meaning & Origin of Ebenezer
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ebenezer, less commonly spelled Ebenezar, is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "stone of the help". The name is sometimes abbreviated as Eben. Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has given the name a negative connotation.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Ebenezer
American parents first put Ebenezer on the record books as a baby boy name in 1884, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 55 Ebenezers were born — ranking #2,344 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 35% of all recorded Ebenezers. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,542 among baby boy names with 53 births, gradually rising (+6%). In total, more than 1K Ebenezers have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ebenezer
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About the name Ebenezer
Ebenezer is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Ebenezer's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #764. Use the chart and map above to compare Ebenezer's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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