Efrata — #10003 US girls' name
187 babies named Efrata in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to girls today.
63% of everyone ever named Efrata was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Efrata in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Efrata
The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Efrata between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Efrata currently holds the #10003 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Efrata performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Efrata shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Efrata in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Efrata 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 187 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.
Efrata at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Efrata popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2016)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #10003 among girls.
187 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 18 births in a single year.
Efrata by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 117 births that decade — 63% of Efrata's all-time total
Efrata decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Efrata's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Efrata by state
Where Efrata concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 3.2% |
6 of 187 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.2% 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, 2005–2024 (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.