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Ephraim

Pronounced /ˈifɹi.əm/

Rank in 2024
#982
Born in 2024
229
Peak year
2017 · #851
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 229 boys were named Ephraim, about 1 in every 7,490.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 260 babies, ranked #851.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 7,997 boys have been named Ephraim since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Ephraim per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 613 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 340 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 440 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 615 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 978 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,081 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,719 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim, “Ephraim”, literally “fruitful”), via Latin.

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈifɹi.əm/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Ephraim, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Efraim

    Rank
    #2,246
    Born '24
    64
    Origin
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    1880peak 20232024