Efrain
Boy · eh-frah-EEN · Hebrew
Efrain is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fruitful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,492nd for boys in the US (118 babies).
What does Efrain mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Ephraim
“fruitful”
In Genesis, Ephraim is a son of Joseph and the ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel.
- Say it
- eh-frah-EEN
Is Efrain a girl's or a boy's name?
Efrain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 118 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Efrain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,492among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 118about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 118 boys in the US were named Efrain, making it the 1,492nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,255th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 405 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Efrain than any year since 1958.
Half of all the boys named Efrain in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Efrain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #1,492 |
| 2024 | 126 | #1,438 |
| 2023 | 139 | #1,358 |
| 2022 | 144 | #1,308 |
| 2021 | 149 | #1,273 |
| 2020 | 147 | #1,255 |
| 2019 | 143 | #1,296 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,168 |
| 2017 | 193 | #1,042 |
| 2016 | 170 | #1,134 |
| 2015 | 188 | #1,057 |
| 2014 | 218 | #965 |
| 2013 | 221 | #925 |
| 2012 | 237 | #884 |
| 2011 | 229 | #897 |
| 2010 | 265 | #808 |
| 2009 | 286 | #789 |
| 2008 | 294 | #755 |
| 2007 | 380 | #641 |
| 2006 | 342 | #665 |
| 2005 | 366 | #612 |
| 2004 | 380 | #585 |
| 2003 | 382 | #577 |
| 2002 | 372 | #582 |
| 2001 | 379 | #554 |
| 2000 | 382 | #553 |
| 1999 | 392 | #528 |
| 1998 | 371 | #540 |
| 1997 | 366 | #541 |
| 1996 | 380 | #524 |
| 1995 | 374 | #525 |
| 1994 | 383 | #516 |
| 1993 | 405 | #507 |
| 1992 | 377 | #521 |
| 1991 | 391 | #498 |
| 1990 | 342 | #535 |
| 1989 | 352 | #509 |
| 1988 | 285 | #545 |
| 1987 | 284 | #540 |
| 1986 | 293 | #519 |
| 1985 | 247 | #563 |
| 1984 | 253 | #546 |
| 1983 | 254 | #523 |
| 1982 | 223 | #575 |
| 1981 | 313 | #469 |
| 1980 | 282 | #505 |
| 1979 | 265 | #517 |
| 1978 | 253 | #516 |
| 1977 | 253 | #522 |
| 1976 | 244 | #513 |
| 1975 | 258 | #497 |
| 1974 | 243 | #508 |
| 1973 | 233 | #509 |
| 1972 | 213 | #544 |
| 1971 | 214 | #550 |
| 1970 | 192 | #582 |
| 1969 | 195 | #559 |
| 1968 | 167 | #590 |
| 1967 | 175 | #569 |
| 1966 | 166 | #584 |
| 1965 | 158 | #609 |
| 1964 | 146 | #644 |
| 1963 | 148 | #647 |
| 1962 | 140 | #654 |
| 1961 | 152 | #635 |
| 1960 | 131 | #686 |
| 1959 | 123 | #685 |
| 1958 | 101 | #735 |
| 1957 | 132 | #660 |
| 1956 | 115 | #687 |
| 1955 | 112 | #692 |
| 1954 | 107 | #698 |
| 1953 | 113 | #668 |
| 1952 | 78 | #793 |
| 1951 | 75 | #812 |
| 1950 | 54 | #933 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,115 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,102 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,228 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,496 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,413 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
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