Ephraim

#988 for boys in 2025, 231 births

Peak · boys
#403
1880 · 18 births
Debut · boys
1880
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,236
since 1880

Ephraim over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ephraim has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #403, 1880boys
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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#988231
2024#976232
2023#977224
2022#1,078202
2021#973229
2020#1,005210
2019#968221
2018#938223
2017#848260
2016#871254
2015#925231
2014#929229
2013#948210
2012#1,001199
2011#1,073174
2010#1,059181
2009#1,039184
2008#1,058179
2007#1,162152
2006#1,132151
2005#1,116147
2004#1,101143
2003#1,253115
2002#1,44788
2001#1,62972
2000#1,35394
1999#1,60467
1998#1,54669
1997#1,51968
1996#1,48068
1995#1,60357
1994#1,38371
1993#1,57757
1992#1,52558
1991#1,45261
1990#1,48658
1989#1,26873
1988#1,31961
1987#1,14070
1986#1,25559
1985#1,21461
1984#1,24055
1983#1,23955
1982#1,13365
1981#1,33449
1980#1,29152
1979#1,35247
1978#1,65233
1977#1,15857
1976#1,19052
1975#1,36141
1974#1,11554
1973#1,37637
1972#1,32740
1971#1,35239
1970#1,33739
1969#1,81021
1968#1,42830
1967#1,38830
1966#1,96316
1965#1,48327
1964#1,79320
1963#1,48528
1962#1,58825
1961#1,55227
1960#1,35934
1959#1,86519
1958#1,76620
1957#1,45729
1956#1,33533
1955#1,57224
1954#1,76219
1953#2,09914
1952#1,58223
1951#1,37329
1950#1,74618
1949#1,54423
1948#1,75818
1947#1,78618
1946#1,64219
1945#1,77215
1944#1,68317
1943#1,57720
1942#1,49622
1941#2,33310
1940#1,80215
1939#1,35924
1938#2,6468
1937#2,33210
1936#1,80115
1935#1,83715
1934#1,46122
1933#1,28127
1932#1,77717
1931#1,64319
1930#1,33029
1929#1,44325
1928#1,32330
1927#1,46826
1926#1,16138
1925#1,18436
1924#1,24634
1923#1,05745
1922#1,19636
1921#1,08642
1920#1,20836
1919#1,38627
1918#1,11238
1917#1,06239
1916#1,20630
1915#99640
1914#90736
1913#96926
1912#1,02320
1911#92513
1910#1,4216
1909#1,0838
1908#1,1137
1907#1,0947
1906#1,2535
1905—
1904#8748
1903—
1902#74410
1901—
1900#9688
1899#9286
1898#8048
1897#7259
1896—
1895#68510
1894#7309
1893#7059
1892#7928
1891#8416
1890#60311
1889#7897
1888#48416
1887#58310
1886#49114
1885#57711
1884#54712
1883#47914
1882#61110
1881#44215
1880#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ephraim was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ephraim
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#976 → #988)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#1,005 → #988)
  • 63 spots since 2015 (#925 → #988)
  • Biggest jump: 496 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #925)
  • Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1889 (#484 → #789)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #403 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1880–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,138
  • Highest: 1 in 6,138 boys born in 1880 were named Ephraim (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,394 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 26.5% of all boys named Ephraim (2,182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s127#403 (1880)#541
1890s76#603 (1890)#757
1900s53#744 (1902)#1,018
1910s275#907 (1914)#1,101
1920s348#1,057 (1923)#1,237
1930s186#1,281 (1933)#1,747
1940s177#1,496 (1942)#1,739
1950s228#1,335 (1956)#1,656
1960s258#1,359 (1960)#1,585
1970s439#1,115 (1974)#1,322
1980s600#1,133 (1982)#1,243
1990s634#1,383 (1994)#1,518
2000s1,325#1,039 (2009)#1,229
2010s2,182#848 (2017)#956
2020s1,328#973 (2021)#1,000

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.

Ephraim in 1892

boys
#792
8 births · 1 in 15,254 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #792Ephraim8
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 15,254 of them was named Ephraim, which outranked 37.1% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ephraim
  1. #748Theo9
  2. #748Tolbert9
  3. #748Weaver9
  4. #792Ephraim8
  5. #792Abel8
  6. #792Ace8
  7. #792Adelbert8
  8. #861Alba7
  9. #861Annie7
  10. #861Armand7

Tied with 68 names at #792; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →