Total births
11
Recorded 1992–1997 Girls' name Peak 1997 11 births
Efua — girls' name
11 babies named Efua in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
1990s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Efua was born in this single decade.
1997
Single peak year
6 babies were named Efua in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Efua
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Efua between 1992 and 1997, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Efua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Efua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Efua 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 11 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.
Efua at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
1997
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1992
Efua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1992
- Peak year (1997)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Efua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Efua's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Efua? ▼
11 babies have been named Efua since 1992. It was last recorded in 1997. The peak year was 1997 with 6 births.
When was Efua most popular? ▼
Efua was most popular in the 1990s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Efua been used? ▼
Efua has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 6 years of data through 1997.
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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, 1992–1997 (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.