Efosa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-FOH-sa
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Efosa is a boys' name, meaning “wealth from God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Efosa mean?
Edo (Benin, Nigeria), from efe 'wealth' + Osa 'God'
“wealth from God”
Is Efosa a girl's or a boy's name?
Efosa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Efosa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Efosa, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Efosa of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Efosa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Efosa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
Names like Efosa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Cruz Ezra Iago Perez Thiago Crue Santiago Victor Romeo Eesa Diego
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, “Efosa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/efosa, updated 20 October 2026.