Efa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EH-va
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #899 for girls
Efa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “life, living”. In 2025 it ranked 899th for girls in the UK (42 babies).
What does Efa mean?
Hebrew: Welsh form of Eve
“life, living”
The Welsh form of Eve; in Welsh a single f is pronounced like an English v.
Is Efa a girl's or a boy's name?
Efa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Efa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 899th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were named Efa, making it the 899th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 49 girls.
Half of all the girls named Efa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the UK were given Efa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #747, up from #899 for this spelling alone.
- Efa 42
- Ewa 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales.
Efa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #899 |
| 2024 | 37 | #996 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 48 | #806 |
| 2021 | 44 | #876 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 47 | #868 |
| 2014 | 39 | #1,002 |
| 2013 | 43 | #930 |
| 2012 | 38 | #1,019 |
| 2011 | 44 | #887 |
| 2010 | 37 | #989 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Efa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Rahma, Ayra, Hawa, Abeeha, Huda, Amira, Ayah, Khadija
Other spellings of Efa
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Efa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/efa, updated 20 October 2026.