How rare is the name Ephraim?

5,911 people in the United States have the first name Ephraim, about 1 in 51,097. It ranks #3,505 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EPHRAIM

#3,505

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,911
About
1 in 51,097
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,911 people named Ephraim, 53% reported their origin as White, 23.3% as Black and 10.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ephraim peaked in 2017, when 260 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
260
In 2025*
231 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,236 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ephraim by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,116. The largest share of babies named Ephraim, 35.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,116127
1890s#1,84576
1900s#2,61353
1910s#2,204275
1920s#2,432348
1930s#3,234186
1940s#3,632177
1950s#3,675228
1960s#3,783258
1970s#3,217439
1980s#3,020600
1990s#3,635634
2000s#2,7301,325
2010s#2,0742,182
2020s#2,0851,328
Before 19012.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–277.4%
Silent Generation 1928–454.1%
Baby boom 1946–645.3%
Generation X 1965–807.5%
Millennials 1981–9611.9%
Generation Z 1997–1225.3%
2013 and later35.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ephraim is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ephraim has been most common in Utah (6.4×), Idaho (3.6×), and New York (3.1×), and least common in Michigan (0.38×).

4,648 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ephraim

#3,502 Lilith · 5,914#3,504 Draven · 5,912#3,506 Odessa · 5,909#3,507 Nery · 5,900

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ephraim, most common first.

#16,440 Ephrem · 686#22,738 Ephram · 435#23,465 Ephriam · 417#43,660 Ephrain · 161

Also a last name

As a last name, Ephraim ranks #22,378 of 156,621, with 1,179 people. See Ephraim as a last name

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