Efton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Efton

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Efton between 1913 and 1937, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Efton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Efton performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Efton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Efton in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Efton 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 74 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.