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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #814, 1967boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#7,25711
2023#12,2395
2022—
2021#9,7147
2020—
2019#8,8898
2018#8,1549
2017—
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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 1962

  • 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: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: 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: #920 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 31,171 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: #482 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,276 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Efrem, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#482 · 1 in 7,276
  2. California#920 · 1 in 31,171

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

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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 1962

boys
#1,038
54 births · 1 in 38,311 boys

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #1,038Efrem54
More about 1962

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 38,311 of them was named Efrem, which outranked 77.6% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Efrem
  1. #1,028Roddy55
  2. #1,028Rosendo55
  3. #1,028Rueben55
  4. #1,038Efrem54
  5. #1,038Diego54
  6. #1,038Eugenio54
  7. #1,038Genaro54
  8. #1,046Buck53
  9. #1,046Claudio53
  10. #1,046Davie53

Tied with 7 names at #1,038; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →