Efrem
Boy · EF-rem · Hebrew
Efrem is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fruitful”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Efrem mean?
Hebrew: form of Ephraim
“fruitful”
Saint Ephrem the Syrian was a 4th-century hymn writer and theologian.
- Say it
- EF-rem
Is Efrem a girl's or a boy's name?
Efrem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Efrem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Efrem, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Efrem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were given Efrem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,452, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Efrem 8
- Ephrem 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Efrem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
How popular is Efrem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Efrem, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1959, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the boys named Efrem in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Efrem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,181 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,063 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,050 |
| 1968 | 68 | #875 |
| 1967 | 79 | #814 |
| 1966 | 77 | #830 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,031 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,037 |
| 1961 | 84 | #838 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,020 |
| 1959 | 85 | #824 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
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