Efrem

#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births

Peak · boys
1967 · 79 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,584
since 1926

Efrem over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Efrem has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #814, 1967boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#7,25711
2023#12,2395
2022—
2021#9,7147
2020—
2019#8,8898
2018#8,1549
2017—
2016—
2015#8,7448
2014#8,1309
2013#7,02611
2012#6,62612
2011#8,7678
2010#8,8038
2009#6,80212
2008#6,07014
2007#8,9158
2006#5,52515
2005#7,09610
2004#6,13812
2003#4,81516
2002#5,72512
2001#5,66712
2000#5,04014
1999#4,76214
1998#6,8438
1997#6,1009
1996#4,87812
1995#4,79112
1994#3,32620
1993#4,22714
1992#3,74816
1991#4,76011
1990#2,86522
1989#4,01713
1988#3,35015
1987#2,27225
1986#2,68419
1985#2,29323
1984#2,43720
1983#2,57718
1982#2,59618
1981#2,89815
1980#2,96515
1979#2,77716
1978#2,56817
1977#2,45818
1976#1,99924
1975#1,70429
1974#1,65929
1973#1,58630
1972#1,28542
1971#1,18148
1970#1,06359
1969#1,05054
1968#87568
1967#81479
1966#83077
1965#1,03151
1964#1,12646
1963#1,17543
1962#1,03854
1961#83984
1960#1,02156
1959#82585
1958#3,0338
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First appearance
1926

The first year at least five boys were named Efrem! It came in at #4,201, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Efrem is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedMNIllinois: #553 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 12,927 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedMINew York: #616 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 16,446 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedINOhio: #658 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 22,666 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #654 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 14,970 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedHITexas: #712 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 12,317 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Illinois#553 · 1 in 12,927
  2. New York#616 · 1 in 16,446
  3. California#654 · 1 in 14,970
  4. Ohio#658 · 1 in 22,666
  5. Texas#712 · 1 in 12,317

Best ever in a state: #345 in Louisiana, 1966.

Show every state
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New York#616111 in 16,446
California#654121 in 14,970
Ohio#65851 in 22,666
Texas#712101 in 12,317
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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.

See more about Efrem
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 3,438 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #10,695)
  • 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 2,208 spots in 1959 (#3,033 → #825)
  • Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1962 (#839 → #1,038)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 1967 at #814 (79 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1966–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,074
  • Highest: 1 in 22,074 boys born in 1967 were named Efrem (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 38.6% of all boys named Efrem (612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,201 (1926)#4,201
1930s0——
1940s11#3,316 (1948)#3,421
1950s98#825 (1959)#2,562
1960s612#814 (1967)#980
1970s312#1,063 (1970)#1,828
1980s181#2,272 (1987)#2,809
1990s138#2,865 (1990)#4,630
2000s125#4,815 (2003)#6,179
2010s73#6,626 (2012)#8,142
2020s29#7,257 (2024)#9,976

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.

Efrem in 1959

boys
#825
85 births · 1 in 25,112 boys

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #825Efrem85
More about 1959

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 25,112 of them was named Efrem, which outranked 82.0% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Efrem
  1. #817Susan87
  2. #817Theron87
  3. #824Donovan86
  4. #825Efrem85
  5. #825Irwin85
  6. #825Kennth85
  7. #825Mason85
  8. #830Cruz84
  9. #830Dennie84
  10. #830Federico84

Tied with 4 names at #825; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959 →