Ephraim

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Ephraim is ranked 979th among boys in 2024 (229 births). Its best rank was 407th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: #979up 7 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2290.01% of boys
Peak year: 2017260 births
Best rank: #407in 1880
Since 1880: 7,997people given the name

Babies named Ephraim, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

7,997 boys have been named Ephraim in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 260 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2010s alone account for 27%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Ephraim
1880s	127
1890s	76
1900s	53
1910s	275
1920s	348
1930s	186
1940s	177
1950s	228
1960s	258
1970s	439
1980s	600
1990s	634
2000s	1,323
2010s	2,182
2020s	1,091

In 2017, its biggest year

Ephraim was the 848th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.

Names that rose and fell with Ephraim

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.