Ephraim

“Fruitful, productive” — Hebrew via Latin origin

Boy's name · #988 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Ephraim reached its best rank, #407, in 1880 and ranked #988 in 2025. About 8,200 boys have carried it since 1880. In Utah and Idaho it runs about 4× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Efraim (#2579), Ephraim would rank around #858 with about 280 births last year — the newborns split about 82/18 between Ephraim and Efraim.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,000 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 5,700 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 10,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 24 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ephraims

Ephraim Kishon — Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter and film director (1924–2005)
Ephraim Katzir — Israeli scientist, 4th President of Israel (1973–1978) - (born 1916-2009)
Ephraim Chambers — English writer and encyclopaedist
Ephraïm Inoni — Prime Minister of Cameroon
Ephraim Moses Lilien — Polish illustration artist and painter (1874-1925)

In stories & tradition

Ephraim — Genesis 41 · Genesis 46
Ephraim Lapham — Johnny Tremain
Ephraim Cabot — Desire Under the Elms

What Ephraims become

Among 313 notable people named Ephraim:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.45× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ephraim Akpata, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the first chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria.

Similar names: Efraim · Simeon · Marcellus · Lucius · Henri · Chaim

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