Boys' name · since 1920
Efrain
Efrain has 18,557 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #864 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,493 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,557
- born since 1920
- 1990s
- peak decade
18,557 babies have been named Efrain since 1920, making it today's #1493 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Efrain has been recorded 18,557 times among boys since 1920, currently ranked #1493 nationally and more common than 89% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #864 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,493 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 18,557 born since 1920
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Efrain ranks #864 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,493 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 18,557 born since 1920, peaking in the 1990s.
- #864 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,493 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,557
- born since 1920
- 1990s
- peak decade
Efrain's 18,557 recorded births place it above 98.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Efrain compares
18,557 Top 7% higher than 93% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Efrain's all-time total is 50x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Efrain | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,557 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 405 | 34 | 22,252 |
Efrain's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Efrain's full recorded timeline at 1974, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 405 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Efrain popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 405
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Efrain popularity over time - girls
29 total births recorded since 1977 (Efrain as girls' name)
Efrain by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (3,781 births, 20% of the file).
1990s was Efrain's strongest decade.
3,781 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Efrain births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 109
1920s
109 births
- 1930s 180
1930s
180 births
- 1940s 331
1940s
331 births
- 1950s 1,010
1950s
1,010 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,578 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,368 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,786 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,781 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,563 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,028 births
- 2020s 823
2020s
823 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 3,781 births (20% of all-time use).
How Efrain compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Efrain's total volume
Efrain by state
Where Efrain concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5,301 | 28.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 4,026 | 21.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,395 | 12.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,115 | 6.0% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 570 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 546 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 505 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 222 | 1.2% |
5,301 of 18,557 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Efrain appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Efrain's data
- Efrain's decade-level peak was the 1990s (3,781 total births); usage has since declined to 823 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Efrains (5,301 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Efrain: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Efrain 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.