Efren
Masculine · “doubly fruitful”
Efrén is the Spanish of Ephraim — doubly fruitful, in Hebrew — and Joseph names him for prospering in a country not his own.
How old is the name Efren?
Efren first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Efren alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 7,400 people named Efren are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Efren most popular?
Efren peaked in 1990, reaching #768 nationally. Today it ranks #2183, 1,415 places below that high. See the whole 1990 chart.
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Where it comes from
From parah to Efren
The story of Efren
Joseph names his second Egyptian-born son Ephraim because God has made him fruitful in the land of his suffering — a name that holds both facts at once. The tribe of Ephraim became the largest of the northern kingdom. Efrén is standard in Spanish and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
doubly fruitful
Through Ephraim, from the Hebrew Efrayim, from parah, 'to be fruitful', in a dual form. Genesis has Joseph say God has made him fruitful in the land of his affliction. Efrén is the Spanish spelling with the stress marked. The Hebrew is documented.
How the name formed
- parah
- Efrayim
- Efrén
Related forms: Efrén · Ephraim · אפרים
Pronouncing Efren
eh-FREN
Two syllables, stress on the second. The accent marks the stress in Spanish.
Nicknames for Efren
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 2007201 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #768reached in 1990
- Change vs 2023
- −21.7%65 in 2025, from 83
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Efren in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Efrén in Spanish — same name
- Ephraim in English — related form
- אפרים in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Efrens among us
people named Efren are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 26,278 born in 2025 was named Efren
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Carnell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Efren's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Carnell climbed just as high around 1955, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Carnell's path sketches the road Efren is walking now.
Efren sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Efren is headed
Efren is easing off slowly — about 15% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Efren beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Efren in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the name holds both fruitfulness and affliction is a first-rate detail.
- The doubly-fruitful meaning is transparent and strong.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Ephraim is what English speakers will recognize.
- The accent is usually dropped in American records.
- It reads as specifically Spanish-speaking.
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Frequently asked
- How many Efrens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,400 people named Efren are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Efren in 2025?
- Efren ranks #2183 among US boy names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Efren?
- About 1 in every 26,278 US boys born in 2025 was named Efren — 65 in all.
- Will my child share the name Efren with classmates?
- Efren will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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