Ephraim — #980 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ephraim

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,997 babies named Ephraim between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ephraim currently holds the #980 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 260 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ephraim performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ephraim shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ephraim in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ephraim 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 7,997 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.