Efrain Boy
How popular is Efrain?
#1,492 boy name in 2025
118 baby boys were named Efrain in the US in 2025, making it the 1492nd most popular boy name.
Efrain popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,492 for boys (▼ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 118 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,057 in 2015, #1,255 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (405 boys) |
| Highest rank | #469 in 1981 |
| First recorded | 1920 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Efrain counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Efrain family of names ranked #1,039 for boys in 2025 (#1,058 the year before), with 183 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Efrain | 118 | 64% |
| Efren | 65 | 36% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Efrain is most popular
Babies named Efrain per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (170 boys)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (146 boys)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 boys)
Efrain by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 109 | #1,413 |
| 1930s | 180 | #1,324 |
| 1940s | 331 | #1,046 |
| 1950s | 1,010 | #660 |
| 1960s | 1,578 | #559 |
| 1970s | 2,368 | #497 |
| 1980s | 2,786 | #469 |
| 1990s | 3,781 | #498 |
| 2000s | 3,563 | #553 |
| 2010s | 2,028 | #808 |
| 2020s | 823 | #1,255 |
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Questions
- Is Efrain a boy or girl name?
- Efrain is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Efrain were boys.
- How popular is the name Efrain?
- 118 baby boys were named Efrain in the US in 2025, making it the 1492nd most popular boy name.
- When was Efrain most popular?
- Efrain peaked in 1993, when 405 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #469 in 1981.
- How many people are named Efrain?
- 18,586 babies have been named Efrain in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,040 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Efrain most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Efrain was most common in Texas, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.