Efrain is an established boys' name that peaked in 1993 and has grown less common since.
Efrain is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,494 for boy births in the United States (and #3,163 across all names), given to 118 babies. Efrain first appears in 1920 and peaked in 1993 (405 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | 118 | — | #1,494 |
| 2024 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,439 |
| 2023 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,359 |
| 2022 | 144 | 144 | — | #1,309 |
| 2021 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,273 |
| 2020 | 147 | 147 | — | #1,256 |
| 2019 | 143 | 143 | — | #1,297 |
| 2018 | 164 | 164 | — | #1,170 |
| 2017 | 193 | 193 | — | #1,042 |
| 2016 | 170 | 180 | — | #1,139 |
| 2015 | 188 | 197 | — | #1,060 |
| 2014 | 218 | 225 | — | #967 |
| 2013 | 221 | 231 | — | #925 |
| 2012 | 237 | 246 | — | #884 |
| 2011 | 229 | 238 | — | #897 |
| 2010 | 265 | 276 | — | #808 |
| 2009 | 286 | 297 | — | #789 |
| 2008 | 294 | 314 | — | #757 |
| 2007 | 380 | 402 | — | #641 |
| 2006 | 342 | 358 | — | #665 |
| 2005 | 366 | 383 | — | #612 |
| 2004 | 380 | 403 | — | #586 |
| 2003 | 382 | 402 | — | #577 |
| 2002 | 372 | 407 | — | #582 |
| 2001 | 379 | 410 | — | #554 |
| 2000 | 382 | 412 | — | #553 |
| 1999 | 392 | 422 | — | #529 |
| 1998 | 371 | 416 | — | #541 |
| 1997 | 366 | — | — | #542 |
| 1996 | 380 | — | — | #524 |
| 1995 | 374 | — | — | #525 |
| 1994 | 383 | — | — | #517 |
| 1993 | 405 | — | — | #508 |
| 1992 | 377 | — | — | #521 |
| 1991 | 391 | — | — | #500 |
| 1990 | 342 | — | — | #537 |
| 1989 | 358 | — | #11,242 | #510 |
| 1988 | 285 | — | — | #545 |
| 1987 | 284 | — | — | #541 |
| 1986 | 293 | — | — | #519 |
| 1985 | 247 | — | — | #563 |
| 1984 | 253 | — | — | #546 |
| 1983 | 254 | — | — | #523 |
| 1982 | 230 | — | #8,480 | #575 |
| 1981 | 313 | — | — | #469 |
| 1980 | 282 | — | — | #505 |
| 1979 | 271 | — | #9,314 | #518 |
| 1978 | 258 | — | #10,196 | #516 |
| 1977 | 258 | — | #10,050 | #523 |
| 1976 | 244 | — | — | #513 |
| 1975 | 258 | — | — | #497 |
| 1974 | 243 | — | — | #508 |
| 1973 | 233 | — | — | #509 |
| 1972 | 213 | — | — | #544 |
| 1971 | 214 | — | — | #550 |
| 1970 | 192 | — | — | #584 |
| 1969 | 195 | — | — | #559 |
| 1968 | 167 | — | — | #590 |
| 1967 | 175 | — | — | #569 |
| 1966 | 166 | — | — | #584 |
| 1965 | 158 | — | — | #609 |
| 1964 | 146 | — | — | #645 |
| 1963 | 148 | — | — | #648 |
| 1962 | 140 | — | — | #654 |
| 1961 | 152 | — | — | #636 |
| 1960 | 131 | — | — | #687 |
| 1959 | 123 | — | — | #686 |
| 1958 | 101 | — | — | #736 |
| 1957 | 132 | — | — | #661 |
| 1956 | 115 | — | — | #690 |
| 1955 | 112 | — | — | #693 |
| 1954 | 107 | — | — | #700 |
| 1953 | 113 | — | — | #672 |
| 1952 | 78 | — | — | #796 |
| 1951 | 75 | — | — | #814 |
| 1950 | 54 | — | — | #937 |
| 1949 | 45 | — | — | #1,053 |
| 1948 | 45 | — | — | #1,048 |
| 1947 | 42 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1946 | 30 | — | — | #1,281 |
| 1945 | 35 | — | — | #1,107 |
| 1944 | 33 | — | — | #1,160 |
| 1943 | 24 | — | — | #1,439 |
| 1942 | 32 | — | — | #1,232 |
| 1941 | 27 | — | — | #1,280 |
| 1940 | 18 | — | — | #1,646 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | — | #1,987 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | — | #1,764 |
| 1937 | 21 | — | — | #1,494 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | — | #1,826 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | — | #1,780 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | — | #1,958 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | — | #2,125 |
| 1932 | 27 | — | — | #1,333 |
| 1931 | 22 | — | — | #1,505 |
| 1930 | 24 | — | — | #1,505 |
| 1929 | 26 | — | — | #1,419 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | — | #2,077 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | — | #2,569 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | — | #3,478 |
| 1925 | 20 | — | — | #1,752 |
| 1924 | 17 | — | — | #1,981 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | — | #3,330 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | — | #4,485 |