Efrem

Where Efrem comes from

Efrem hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1889
    Efrem Zimbalist born
    Russian-American violinist, composer, teacher, conductor
  2. 1918
    Efrem Zimbalist Jr. born
    American actor
  3. 1926
    First appearance
    #4,201 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1967
    Peak, #814
    79 babies named Efrem — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,586.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Efrem Zimbalist Jr. · American actor, 1918–2014
  • Efrem Zimbalist · Russian-American violinist, composer, teacher, conductor, 1889–1985
  • Efrem Forni · Italian cardinal, 1889–1976
  • Efrem Kurtz · Russian conductor, 1900–1995
  • Efrem Eshba · Abkhaz and Soviet Statesman, 1893–1939

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.