Ephrata
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ef-RAH-ta
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Ephrata is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fruitful”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Ephrata mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Efrata; from Ephrathah
“fruitful”
Ephrathah is an old biblical name for Bethlehem; the name is used especially by Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians.
Meaning borrowed from Efrata.
Is Ephrata a girl's or a boy's name?
Ephrata is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ephrata in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Ephrata, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Ephrata in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ephrata in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
Names like Ephrata
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adhara Aitana Amoura Eliza Amora Ezra Elianna Briella Eliora Elara Seraphina Anvika
Names related to Ephrata
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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, “Ephrata: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ephrata, updated 20 October 2026.