Efrain
Efrain was the 1494th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 118 babies. Its best year was 1981, when it ranked 469th; the most babies were born in 1993 (405). Over the last ten years it has moved down 434 places. More babies were named Efrain in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,494 boys, down 238 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 118boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1993405 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,586babies recorded
Efrain popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 29 since 1977.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,494 | 118 |
| 2020 | #1,256 | 147 |
| 2010 | #808 | 265 |
| 2000 | #553 | 382 |
| 1990 | #537 | 342 |
| 1980 | #505 | 282 |
| 1970 | #584 | 192 |
| 1960 | #687 | 131 |
| 1950 | #937 | 54 |
| 1940 | #1,646 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,505 | 24 |
| 1920 | #4,485 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Efrain, counting every spelling?
Efrain has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,408 for boys in 2025, against #1,494 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Efrain?
118 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Efrain (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Efrain born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 71 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Efrain.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Efrain?
About 16,900 people born in the US named Efrain are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 21 and 47. That makes Efrain mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Efrain by state
How common Efrain was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.5×), California (2.0×), Arizona (1.9×). In 37 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Efrain
How popular is the name Efrain?
Efrain was the 1494th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 118 babies. Its best year was 1981, when it ranked 469th; the most babies were born in 1993 (405). Over the last ten years it has moved down 434 places. More babies were named Efrain in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Efrain a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Efrain in the US.
Where is Efrain most popular?
In 2021–2025, Efrain was most common in Texas (0.19 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Arizona.