Efren — #2596 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Efren

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,132 babies named Efren between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Efren currently holds the #2596 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 201 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Efren performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,773 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Efren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,132 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Efren in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Efren 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 8,132 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.