Efe — #5773 US boys' name
358 babies named Efe in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Efe was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Efe in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Efe
The Social Security Administration has registered 358 babies named Efe between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Efe currently holds the #5773 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Efe performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Efe shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Efe in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Efe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 358 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Efe at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Efe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2012)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #5773 among boys.
358 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 23 births in a single year.
Efe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 155 births that decade — 43% of Efe's all-time total
Efe decade highlights
- Peak decade 155 births
- Runner-up 122 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Efe's strongest decade
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Efe by state
Where Efe concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 30 | 8.4% |
30 of 358 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.