Ephraim is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2017 and remains in steady use.
Ephraim is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #988 for boy births in the United States (and #2,019 across all names), given to 231 babies. Ephraim first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2017 (260 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 231 | 231 | #988 |
| 2024 | 232 | 232 | #976 |
| 2023 | 224 | 224 | #979 |
| 2022 | 202 | 202 | #1,080 |
| 2021 | 229 | 229 | #974 |
| 2020 | 210 | 210 | #1,005 |
| 2019 | 221 | 221 | #970 |
| 2018 | 223 | 223 | #939 |
| 2017 | 260 | 260 | #848 |
| 2016 | 254 | 254 | #871 |
| 2015 | 231 | 231 | #925 |
| 2014 | 229 | 229 | #929 |
| 2013 | 210 | 210 | #951 |
| 2012 | 199 | 199 | #1,002 |
| 2011 | 174 | 174 | #1,074 |
| 2010 | 181 | 181 | #1,061 |
| 2009 | 184 | 184 | #1,039 |
| 2008 | 179 | 179 | #1,058 |
| 2007 | 152 | 152 | #1,163 |
| 2006 | 151 | 151 | #1,134 |
| 2005 | 147 | 147 | #1,121 |
| 2004 | 143 | 143 | #1,105 |
| 2003 | 115 | 115 | #1,256 |
| 2002 | 88 | 88 | #1,451 |
| 2001 | 72 | 72 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 94 | 94 | #1,354 |
| 1999 | 67 | 67 | #1,614 |
| 1998 | 69 | 69 | #1,548 |
| 1997 | 68 | — | #1,525 |
| 1996 | 68 | — | #1,486 |
| 1995 | 57 | — | #1,607 |
| 1994 | 71 | — | #1,388 |
| 1993 | 57 | — | #1,579 |
| 1992 | 58 | — | #1,529 |
| 1991 | 61 | — | #1,455 |
| 1990 | 58 | — | #1,491 |
| 1989 | 73 | — | #1,270 |
| 1988 | 61 | — | #1,323 |
| 1987 | 70 | — | #1,147 |
| 1986 | 59 | — | #1,261 |
| 1985 | 61 | — | #1,219 |
| 1984 | 55 | — | #1,242 |
| 1983 | 55 | — | #1,244 |
| 1982 | 65 | — | #1,135 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | #1,344 |
| 1980 | 52 | — | #1,299 |
| 1979 | 47 | — | #1,358 |
| 1978 | 33 | — | #1,666 |
| 1977 | 57 | — | #1,163 |
| 1976 | 52 | — | #1,198 |
| 1975 | 41 | — | #1,363 |
| 1974 | 54 | — | #1,118 |
| 1973 | 37 | — | #1,384 |
| 1972 | 40 | — | #1,332 |
| 1971 | 39 | — | #1,358 |
| 1970 | 39 | — | #1,340 |
| 1969 | 21 | — | #1,826 |
| 1968 | 30 | — | #1,438 |
| 1967 | 30 | — | #1,392 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | #1,989 |
| 1965 | 27 | — | #1,494 |
| 1964 | 20 | — | #1,813 |
| 1963 | 28 | — | #1,492 |
| 1962 | 25 | — | #1,596 |
| 1961 | 27 | — | #1,557 |
| 1960 | 34 | — | #1,369 |
| 1959 | 19 | — | #1,882 |
| 1958 | 20 | — | #1,787 |
| 1957 | 29 | — | #1,462 |
| 1956 | 33 | — | #1,348 |
| 1955 | 24 | — | #1,577 |
| 1954 | 19 | — | #1,781 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #2,127 |
| 1952 | 23 | — | #1,593 |
| 1951 | 29 | — | #1,388 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #1,762 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | #1,553 |
| 1948 | 18 | — | #1,775 |
| 1947 | 18 | — | #1,805 |
| 1946 | 19 | — | #1,656 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | #1,803 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | #1,701 |
| 1943 | 20 | — | #1,598 |
| 1942 | 22 | — | #1,507 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | #2,386 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | #1,831 |
| 1939 | 24 | — | #1,367 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,713 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,368 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | #1,829 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | #1,859 |
| 1934 | 22 | — | #1,471 |
| 1933 | 27 | — | #1,286 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | #1,796 |
| 1931 | 19 | — | #1,656 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | #1,346 |
| 1929 | 25 | — | #1,456 |
| 1928 | 30 | — | #1,333 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | #1,487 |
| 1926 | 38 | — | #1,166 |
| 1925 | 36 | — | #1,188 |
| 1924 | 34 | — | #1,254 |
| 1923 | 45 | — | #1,062 |
| 1922 | 36 | — | #1,202 |
| 1921 | 42 | — | #1,092 |
| 1920 | 36 | — | #1,213 |
| 1919 | 27 | — | #1,392 |
| 1918 | 38 | — | #1,114 |
| 1917 | 39 | — | #1,066 |
| 1916 | 30 | — | #1,219 |
| 1915 | 40 | — | #1,001 |
| 1914 | 36 | — | #912 |
| 1913 | 26 | — | #977 |
| 1912 | 20 | — | #1,039 |
| 1911 | 13 | — | #943 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,466 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,108 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,141 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,130 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | #913 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | #761 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #988 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | #966 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | #831 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | #745 |
| 1895 | 10 | — | #711 |
| 1894 | 9 | — | #753 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | #718 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | #818 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #882 |
| 1890 | 11 | — | #611 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #825 |
| 1888 | 16 | — | #490 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #601 |
| 1886 | 14 | — | #497 |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #585 |
| 1884 | 12 | — | #554 |
| 1883 | 14 | — | #485 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | #617 |
| 1881 | 15 | — | #447 |
| 1880 | 18 | — | #407 |