Efraim
- #2,572 for boys in 2025, 51 births
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,851since 1920
Efraim over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Efraim has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,572 | 51 |
| 2024 | #2,236 | 64 |
| 2023 | #2,188 | 65 |
| 2022 | #2,243 | 64 |
| 2021 | #2,373 | 57 |
| 2020 | #2,886 | 41 |
| 2019 | #2,808 | 44 |
| 2018 | #2,674 | 46 |
| 2017 | #2,417 | 53 |
| 2016 | #2,993 | 39 |
| 2015 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 2014 | #3,090 | 36 |
| 2013 | #2,424 | 51 |
| 2012 | #2,716 | 44 |
| 2011 | #2,504 | 49 |
| 2010 | #2,287 | 56 |
| 2009 | #2,287 | 57 |
| 2008 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2007 | #3,135 | 36 |
| 2006 | #3,227 | 33 |
| 2005 | #3,815 | 24 |
| 2004 | #2,741 | 38 |
| 2003 | #2,729 | 36 |
| 2002 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,205 | 21 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
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| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
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| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
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| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five boys were named Efraim! It came in at #3,815, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1949, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Efraim is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New Jersey#412 · 1 in 2,093
- New York#639 · 1 in 3,671
Best ever in a state: #391 in New Jersey, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #412 | 19 | 1 in 2,093 |
| New York | #639 | 23 | 1 in 3,671 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 336 spots since 2024 (#2,236 → #2,572)
- 314 spots since 2020 (#2,886 → #2,572)
- 28 spots since 2015 (#2,600 → #2,572)
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1972 at #1,871 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,317
- Highest: 1 in 26,317 boys born in 2023 were named Efraim (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,492 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,871 in 1972, was only 1 in 70,505 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 25.1% of all boys named Efraim (465) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 6 | #3,815 (1920) | #3,815 |
| 1930s | 15 | #3,480 (1939) | #3,641 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,430 (1944) | #3,430 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,287 (1953) | #2,915 |
| 1960s | 102 | #2,130 (1969) | #2,764 |
| 1970s | 145 | #1,871 (1972) | #2,980 |
| 1980s | 157 | #2,357 (1985) | #3,084 |
| 1990s | 190 | #2,851 (1998) | #3,592 |
| 2000s | 340 | #2,287 (2009) | #3,099 |
| 2010s | 465 | #2,287 (2010) | #2,651 |
| 2020s | 342 | #2,188 (2023) | #2,416 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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