Ephrem
Boy · English
Ephrem is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Ephrem mean?
English
A male given name from Classical Syriac, of historical usage, equivalent to English Ephraim, notably held by Ephrem the Syrian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ephrem a girl's or a boy's name?
Ephrem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ephrem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Ephrem, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Ephrem of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were given Ephrem 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.
Ephrem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
How popular is Ephrem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Ephrem, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Ephrem in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ephrem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
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