Boys' name · peaked in 1993
Efrain name popularity since 1925
18,556 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Efrain. Half of them were born in 1992 or earlier, so the typical Efrain is about 34 years old in 2026. Efrain peaked in 1993 as the #508 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,556
- Named Efrain, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,494 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 29 girls · 18,527 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 3.15× its national share
Peak year is the year Efrain made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Efrain births per year, 1925–2025
1993 was the biggest year for Efrain both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1970 and 1975, Efrain became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 9,680 baby boys to 1 in 6,050.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Efrain's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Efrain.
Decade by decade
Babies named Efrain in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 79 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 180 | #1,780 |
| 1940s | 0 | 331 | #1,107 |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,010 | #693 |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,578 | #609 |
| 1970s | 16 | 2,368 | #497 |
| 1980s | 13 | 2,786 | #563 |
| 1990s | 0 | 3,781 | #525 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3,563 | #612 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,028 | #1,060 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 823 | #1,494 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
29.2% of babies named Efrain from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Efrain is most popular
The index compares Efrain's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Efrain.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3.15× | 4,011 |
| California | 3.08× | 5,296 |
| Arizona | 2.40× | 505 |
| New York | 1.94× | 2,395 |
| Illinois | 1.41× | 1,115 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Efrain's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Efrain.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Efrain (1993).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data