Efrem

#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births

Peak · boys
1967 · 79 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,584
since 1926

Efrem over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Efrem has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #814, 1967boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#7,25711
2023#12,2395
2022
2021#9,7147
2020
2019#8,8898
2018#8,1549
2017
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2015#8,7448
2014#8,1309
2013#7,02611
2012#6,62612
2011#8,7678
2010#8,8038
2009#6,80212
2008#6,07014
2007#8,9158
2006#5,52515
2005#7,09610
2004#6,13812
2003#4,81516
2002#5,72512
2001#5,66712
2000#5,04014
1999#4,76214
1998#6,8438
1997#6,1009
1996#4,87812
1995#4,79112
1994#3,32620
1993#4,22714
1992#3,74816
1991#4,76011
1990#2,86522
1989#4,01713
1988#3,35015
1987#2,27225
1986#2,68419
1985#2,29323
1984#2,43720
1983#2,57718
1982#2,59618
1981#2,89815
1980#2,96515
1979#2,77716
1978#2,56817
1977#2,45818
1976#1,99924
1975#1,70429
1974#1,65929
1973#1,58630
1972#1,28542
1971#1,18148
1970#1,06359
1969#1,05054
1968#87568
1967#81479
1966#83077
1965#1,03151
1964#1,12646
1963#1,17543
1962#1,03854
1961#83984
1960#1,02156
1959#82585
1958#3,0338
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First appearance
1926

The first year at least five boys were named Efrem! It came in at #4,201, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Efrem
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 3,438 spots since 2024 (#7,257#10,695)
  • 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744#10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 2,208 spots in 1959 (#3,033#825)
  • Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1962 (#839#1,038)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 1967 at #814 (79 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1966–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,074
  • Highest: 1 in 22,074 boys born in 1967 were named Efrem (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 38.6% of all boys named Efrem (612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,201 (1926)#4,201
1930s0
1940s11#3,316 (1948)#3,421
1950s98#825 (1959)#2,562
1960s612#814 (1967)#980
1970s312#1,063 (1970)#1,828
1980s181#2,272 (1987)#2,809
1990s138#2,865 (1990)#4,630
2000s125#4,815 (2003)#6,179
2010s73#6,626 (2012)#8,142
2020s29#7,257 (2024)#9,976

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Efrem in 1960

boys
#1,021
56 births · 1 in 38,077 boys

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #1,021Efrem56
More about 1960

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 38,077 of them was named Efrem, which outranked 77.8% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Efrem
  1. #1,017Davey57
  2. #1,017Davie57
  3. #1,017Lorin57
  4. #1,021Efrem56
  5. #1,021Bartley56
  6. #1,021Cletus56
  7. #1,021Emile56
  8. #1,034Buster55
  9. #1,034Collin55
  10. #1,034Dorian55

Tied with 12 names at #1,021; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960