Girls' name · since 1975
Efia
19 babies named Efia in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Efia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 19 have been recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Efia has been recorded 19 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1978.
- #46,410 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Efia ranks #46,410 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #46,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Efia's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Efia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Efia splits its recorded history at 1977: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Efia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1978
- Peak year (1977)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Efia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (19 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Efia's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Efia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 19 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Efia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~3 yrs)
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, 1975–1978 (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 Efia 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.