Boys' name · since 1959
Effrem
Since 1959, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Effrem, peaking in 1959. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,484 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Effrem sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 24 recorded since 1959.
Effrem has 24 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1974.
- #27,484 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Effrem ranks #27,484 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,484 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Effrem's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Effrem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Effrem splits its recorded history at 1971: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Effrem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1974
- Peak year (1959)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Effrem by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (10 births, 42% of the file).
1970s was Effrem's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Effrem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
9 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 10 births (42% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Effrem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1959–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Effrem draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.