Efraim is a distinctive choice, ranked #1595 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Efraim in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1595
About the Name Efraim
Efraim is steadily gaining in popularity, up 40 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #1268 in 2022, and it currently sits at #1595. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2007.
Efraim is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Efraim
Unlikely. With around 16 UK babies named Efraim per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Efraim in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Efraim is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 40 places over the last five years to #1595 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Efraim is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Efraim include: Efraim Bödő — Efraim Zoltán Bödő is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga I club FK Csíkszereda.; Efraim Filho — Efraim de Araújo Morais Filho is a Brazilian politician serving as a member of the Senate since 2023.; Efraim Karsh — Efraim Karsh is an Israeli and British historian who is the founding director and emeritus professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College....
Efraim does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Efraims in the wild.
16
UK babies named Efraim (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 40 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Efraim
Likely around 1 other Efraim in the class
UK Popularity (2007–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Efraim
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Efraim de Araújo Morais Filho is a Brazilian politician serving as a member of the Senate since 2023. From 2007 to 2023, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
Efraim Karsh is an Israeli and British historian who is the founding director and emeritus professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London. Since 2013, he has served as professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University (where he also directs the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies).
Ephraim Sneh is an Israeli politician, physician, and a retired brigadier general in the Israel Defense Forces. He was a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 1992 and 2008 and served in several ministerial posts.
Efraim Diveroli is an American former arms dealer, convicted fraudster, and author. Diveroli controlled AEY, Inc., a company that secured significant contracts as a major weapons contractor for the U.S.
Efraim Benmelech is a financial economist. Benmelech is the Henry Bullock Professor of Finance and Real Estate at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, the director of the Guthrie Center for real estate research and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).