Ephraim
#988 for boys in 2025, 231 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,236since 1880
Ephraim over time
Rank among boys' names. Ephraim has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #988 | 231 |
| 2024 | #976 | 232 |
| 2023 | #977 | 224 |
| 2022 | #1,078 | 202 |
| 2021 | #973 | 229 |
| 2020 | #1,005 | 210 |
| 2019 | #968 | 221 |
| 2018 | #938 | 223 |
| 2017 | #848 | 260 |
| 2016 | #871 | 254 |
| 2015 | #925 | 231 |
| 2014 | #929 | 229 |
| 2013 | #948 | 210 |
| 2012 | #1,001 | 199 |
| 2011 | #1,073 | 174 |
| 2010 | #1,059 | 181 |
| 2009 | #1,039 | 184 |
| 2008 | #1,058 | 179 |
| 2007 | #1,162 | 152 |
| 2006 | #1,132 | 151 |
| 2005 | #1,116 | 147 |
| 2004 | #1,101 | 143 |
| 2003 | #1,253 | 115 |
| 2002 | #1,447 | 88 |
| 2001 | #1,629 | 72 |
| 2000 | #1,353 | 94 |
| 1999 | #1,604 | 67 |
| 1998 | #1,546 | 69 |
| 1997 | #1,519 | 68 |
| 1996 | #1,480 | 68 |
| 1995 | #1,603 | 57 |
| 1994 | #1,383 | 71 |
| 1993 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | #1,525 | 58 |
| 1991 | #1,452 | 61 |
| 1990 | #1,486 | 58 |
| 1989 | #1,268 | 73 |
| 1988 | #1,319 | 61 |
| 1987 | #1,140 | 70 |
| 1986 | #1,255 | 59 |
| 1985 | #1,214 | 61 |
| 1984 | #1,240 | 55 |
| 1983 | #1,239 | 55 |
| 1982 | #1,133 | 65 |
| 1981 | #1,334 | 49 |
| 1980 | #1,291 | 52 |
| 1979 | #1,352 | 47 |
| 1978 | #1,652 | 33 |
| 1977 | #1,158 | 57 |
| 1976 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #1,361 | 41 |
| 1974 | #1,115 | 54 |
| 1973 | #1,376 | 37 |
| 1972 | #1,327 | 40 |
| 1971 | #1,352 | 39 |
| 1970 | #1,337 | 39 |
| 1969 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | #1,428 | 30 |
| 1967 | #1,388 | 30 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1960 | #1,359 | 34 |
| 1959 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1955 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,359 | 24 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,161 | 38 |
| 1925 | #1,184 | 36 |
| 1924 | #1,246 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,057 | 45 |
| 1922 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1921 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1920 | #1,208 | 36 |
| 1919 | #1,386 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,112 | 38 |
| 1917 | #1,062 | 39 |
| 1916 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #996 | 40 |
| 1914 | #907 | 36 |
| 1913 | #969 | 26 |
| 1912 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #603 | 11 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #484 | 16 |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #491 | 14 |
| 1885 | #577 | 11 |
| 1884 | #547 | 12 |
| 1883 | #479 | 14 |
| 1882 | #611 | 10 |
| 1881 | #442 | 15 |
| 1880 | #403 | 18 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ephraim was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ephraim is popular in 2019
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#391 · 1 in 1,563
- Utah#424 · 1 in 1,936
- Wisconsin#463 · 1 in 2,280
- Iowa#488 · 1 in 2,397
- Missouri#515 · 1 in 2,706
Best ever in a state: #196 in Utah, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #391 | 5 | 1 in 1,563 |
| Utah | #424 | 10 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Wisconsin | #463 | 11 | 1 in 2,280 |
| Iowa | #488 | 6 | 1 in 2,397 |
| Missouri | #515 | 11 | 1 in 2,706 |
| New Jersey | #528 | 12 | 1 in 3,313 |
| Pennsylvania | #538 | 16 | 1 in 3,491 |
| Kansas | #563 | 5 | 1 in 2,826 |
| Washington | #612 | 10 | 1 in 3,407 |
| New York | #735 | 18 | 1 in 5,197 |
| Virginia | #804 | 7 | 1 in 5,642 |
| Indiana | #811 | 6 | 1 in 5,618 |
| Tennessee | #858 | 6 | 1 in 5,867 |
| Texas | #949 | 22 | 1 in 7,933 |
| Florida | #1,197 | 9 | 1 in 10,529 |
| Illinois | #1,317 | 5 | 1 in 11,503 |
| California | #1,633 | 10 | 1 in 20,315 |
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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 Ephraim
- 12 spots since 2024 (#976 → #988)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#1,005 → #988)
- 63 spots since 2015 (#925 → #988)
- Biggest jump: 496 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #925)
- Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1889 (#484 → #789)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #403 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1880–1895
- Highest: 1 in 6,138 boys born in 1880 were named Ephraim (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,394 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 26.5% of all boys named Ephraim (2,182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 127 | #403 (1880) | #541 |
| 1890s | 76 | #603 (1890) | #757 |
| 1900s | 53 | #744 (1902) | #1,018 |
| 1910s | 275 | #907 (1914) | #1,101 |
| 1920s | 348 | #1,057 (1923) | #1,237 |
| 1930s | 186 | #1,281 (1933) | #1,747 |
| 1940s | 177 | #1,496 (1942) | #1,739 |
| 1950s | 228 | #1,335 (1956) | #1,656 |
| 1960s | 258 | #1,359 (1960) | #1,585 |
| 1970s | 439 | #1,115 (1974) | #1,322 |
| 1980s | 600 | #1,133 (1982) | #1,243 |
| 1990s | 634 | #1,383 (1994) | #1,518 |
| 2000s | 1,325 | #1,039 (2009) | #1,229 |
| 2010s | 2,182 | #848 (2017) | #956 |
| 2020s | 1,328 | #973 (2021) | #1,000 |
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.
Ephraim in 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
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1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 8,119 of them was named Ephraim, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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Tied with 5 names at #968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.