Ephram
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-frum
- Origin
- Hebrew
Ephram is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fruitful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ephram mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ephraim
“fruitful”
Genesis explains Ephraim's name: 'God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'
Is Ephram a girl's or a boy's name?
Ephram is a boys' name.
How popular is Ephram in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Ephram in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ephram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Ephram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra Abram Eli Yahir Salem Beckham Abraham Aarav Avraham Musa Zamir Arham
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Ephram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ephram, updated 20 October 2026.