Boys' name · since 1964
Efram
Efram has 41 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1969 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,512 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1964
- 1960s
- peak decade
41 boys have been named Efram since 1964, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Efram has 41 recorded births among boys since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2012.
- #23,512 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 41 born since 1964
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Efram ranks #23,512 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1964, peaking in the 1960s.
- #23,512 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1964
- 1960s
- peak decade
Efram's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Efram's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Efram splits its recorded history at 1970: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1969 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Efram popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2012
- Peak year (1969)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Efram by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (22 births, 54% of the file).
1960s was Efram's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Efram births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 22 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Efram's decade-level peak was the 1960s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Efram: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1964–2012 (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 Efram 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.