Efraim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EF-ra-im
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Efraim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fruitful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Efraim mean?
Hebrew: form of Ephraim
“fruitful”
In Genesis, Ephraim is a son of Joseph and the ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel.
Is Efraim a girl's or a boy's name?
Efraim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Efraim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Efraim, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd.
2025 had the most boys named Efraim of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Efraim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Efraim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Efraim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,572among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Efraim, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
2025 had fewer boys named Efraim than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Efraim in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Efraim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,236 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 46 | #2,673 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
Names like Efraim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim Muhammad Musa Abdullah Mustafa Ahmed Zakariya Hamza Zayd Umar Amir Ismail
Names related to Efraim
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Efraim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/efraim, updated 20 October 2026.