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Efrem

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Efrem is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 814th, in 1967.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
110.00% of boys
Peak year
195985 births
Best rank
#814in 1967
Since 1926
1,578people given the name
Babies named Efrem, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,578 boys have been named Efrem in the United States since 1926, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 85 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 39%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

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By decade

Decadeboys named Efrem
1920s5
1940s11
1950s98
1960s612
1970s312
1980s181
1990s138
2000s125
2010s73
2020s23

In 1959, its biggest year

Efrem was the 825th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.

Names that rose and fell with Efrem

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.