Meaning not yet researched.
Ephraim: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 231 in 2025. Its best rank was #407 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #407 in 1880; #988 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ephraim in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#988 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #407.
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Ephraim: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 231 boys in 2025. Peak: #407 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 260 (2017).
In 2025, 231 US boys were named Ephraim, making it the 988th most common boys’ name of the year, down 12 places from #976 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 232 boys named Ephraim in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #407, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 260, in 2017. For comparison, it was #925 in 2015 and #1,762 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ephraim in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 18 babies. In all, 8,236 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,182 babies named Ephraim.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,286 US boys were named Ephraim; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 260. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,394 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ephraim ranked highest in Idaho in 2025, at #346 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Efraim (1,851 babies since 1880) and Efrem (1,584 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ephriam, Ephram and Ephrem are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Eph.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ephriam (966), Ephram (453), Ephrem (250), Ephrim (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 7 | #346 | #402 |
| Utah | 12 | #388 | #452 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #586 | #668 |
| New York | 26 | #590 | #581 |
| Indiana | 10 | #635 | #749 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #730 | — |
| New Jersey | 8 | #790 | #522 |
| North Carolina | 11 | #794 | #1,171 |
| Arizona | 7 | #799 | — |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #819 | #527 |
| Washington | 7 | #834 | — |
| Maryland | 5 | #842 | #736 |
| Michigan | 8 | #860 | — |
| Missouri | 5 | #902 | #767 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,078 | #1,419 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,079 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,138 | #822 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,256 | #1,131 |
| California | 15 | #1,263 | #1,134 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,336 | — |
| Texas | 8 | #1,959 | #982 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 231 | #988 |
| 2024 | — | — | 232 | #976 |
| 2023 | — | — | 224 | #979 |
| 2022 | — | — | 202 | #1,080 |
| 2021 | — | — | 229 | #974 |
| 2020 | — | — | 210 | #1,005 |
| 2019 | — | — | 221 | #970 |
| 2018 | — | — | 223 | #939 |
| 2017 | — | — | 260 | #848 |
| 2016 | — | — | 254 | #871 |
| 2015 | — | — | 231 | #925 |
| 2014 | — | — | 229 | #929 |
| 2013 | — | — | 210 | #951 |
| 2012 | — | — | 199 | #1,002 |
| 2011 | — | — | 174 | #1,074 |
| 2010 | — | — | 181 | #1,061 |
| 2009 | — | — | 184 | #1,039 |
| 2008 | — | — | 179 | #1,058 |
| 2007 | — | — | 152 | #1,163 |
| 2006 | — | — | 151 | #1,134 |
| 2005 | — | — | 147 | #1,121 |
| 2004 | — | — | 143 | #1,105 |
| 2003 | — | — | 115 | #1,256 |
| 2002 | — | — | 88 | #1,451 |
| 2001 | — | — | 72 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | — | — | 94 | #1,354 |
| 1999 | — | — | 67 | #1,614 |
| 1998 | — | — | 69 | #1,548 |
| 1997 | — | — | 68 | #1,525 |
| 1996 | — | — | 68 | #1,486 |
| 1995 | — | — | 57 | #1,607 |
| 1994 | — | — | 71 | #1,388 |
| 1993 | — | — | 57 | #1,579 |
| 1992 | — | — | 58 | #1,529 |
| 1991 | — | — | 61 | #1,455 |
| 1990 | — | — | 58 | #1,491 |
| 1989 | — | — | 73 | #1,270 |
| 1988 | — | — | 61 | #1,323 |
| 1987 | — | — | 70 | #1,147 |
| 1986 | — | — | 59 | #1,261 |
| 1985 | — | — | 61 | #1,219 |
| 1984 | — | — | 55 | #1,242 |
| 1983 | — | — | 55 | #1,244 |
| 1982 | — | — | 65 | #1,135 |
| 1981 | — | — | 49 | #1,344 |
| 1980 | — | — | 52 | #1,299 |
| 1979 | — | — | 47 | #1,358 |
| 1978 | — | — | 33 | #1,666 |
| 1977 | — | — | 57 | #1,163 |
| 1976 | — | — | 52 | #1,198 |
| 1975 | — | — | 41 | #1,363 |
| 1974 | — | — | 54 | #1,118 |
| 1973 | — | — | 37 | #1,384 |
| 1972 | — | — | 40 | #1,332 |
| 1971 | — | — | 39 | #1,358 |
| 1970 | — | — | 39 | #1,340 |
| 1969 | — | — | 21 | #1,826 |
| 1968 | — | — | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1967 | — | — | 30 | #1,392 |
| 1966 | — | — | 16 | #1,989 |
| 1965 | — | — | 27 | #1,494 |
| 1964 | — | — | 20 | #1,813 |
| 1963 | — | — | 28 | #1,492 |
| 1962 | — | — | 25 | #1,596 |
| 1961 | — | — | 27 | #1,557 |
| 1960 | — | — | 34 | #1,369 |
| 1959 | — | — | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1958 | — | — | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1957 | — | — | 29 | #1,462 |
| 1956 | — | — | 33 | #1,348 |
| 1955 | — | — | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1954 | — | — | 19 | #1,781 |
| 1953 | — | — | 14 | #2,127 |
| 1952 | — | — | 23 | #1,593 |
| 1951 | — | — | 29 | #1,388 |
| 1950 | — | — | 18 | #1,762 |
| 1949 | — | — | 23 | #1,553 |
| 1948 | — | — | 18 | #1,775 |
| 1947 | — | — | 18 | #1,805 |
| 1946 | — | — | 19 | #1,656 |
| 1945 | — | — | 15 | #1,803 |
| 1944 | — | — | 17 | #1,701 |
| 1943 | — | — | 20 | #1,598 |
| 1942 | — | — | 22 | #1,507 |
| 1941 | — | — | 10 | #2,386 |
| 1940 | — | — | 15 | #1,831 |
| 1939 | — | — | 24 | #1,367 |
| 1938 | — | — | 8 | #2,713 |
| 1937 | — | — | 10 | #2,368 |
| 1936 | — | — | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1935 | — | — | 15 | #1,859 |
| 1934 | — | — | 22 | #1,471 |
| 1933 | — | — | 27 | #1,286 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,796 |
| 1931 | — | — | 19 | #1,656 |
| 1930 | — | — | 29 | #1,346 |
| 1929 | — | — | 25 | #1,456 |
| 1928 | — | — | 30 | #1,333 |
| 1927 | — | — | 26 | #1,487 |
| 1926 | — | — | 38 | #1,166 |
| 1925 | — | — | 36 | #1,188 |
| 1924 | — | — | 34 | #1,254 |
| 1923 | — | — | 45 | #1,062 |
| 1922 | — | — | 36 | #1,202 |
| 1921 | — | — | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1920 | — | — | 36 | #1,213 |
| 1919 | — | — | 27 | #1,392 |
| 1918 | — | — | 38 | #1,114 |
| 1917 | — | — | 39 | #1,066 |
| 1916 | — | — | 30 | #1,219 |
| 1915 | — | — | 40 | #1,001 |
| 1914 | — | — | 36 | #912 |
| 1913 | — | — | 26 | #977 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,039 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #943 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,108 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,141 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,130 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #913 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #761 |
| 1900 | — | — | 8 | #988 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #966 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #831 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #745 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #711 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #753 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #718 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #818 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #882 |
| 1890 | — | — | 11 | #611 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #825 |
| 1888 | — | — | 16 | #490 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #601 |
| 1886 | — | — | 14 | #497 |
| 1885 | — | — | 11 | #585 |
| 1884 | — | — | 12 | #554 |
| 1883 | — | — | 14 | #485 |
| 1882 | — | — | 10 | #617 |
| 1881 | — | — | 15 | #447 |
| 1880 | — | — | 18 | #407 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).