Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ephraim

#1,312 most common boys' name of all time · #3,143 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#1,312
Rank overall
#3,143 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
8,236
Since 2016
2,286
Peak year
2017 #848
Best rank
#407 1880
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 260/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ephraim is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 231 231 #988
2024 — 232 232 #976
2023 — 224 224 #977
2022 — 202 202 #1,079
2021 — 229 229 #973
2020 — 210 210 #1,005
2019 — 221 221 #968
2018 — 223 223 #938
2017 — 260 260 #848
2016 — 254 254 #871
2015 — 231 231 #925
2014 — 229 229 #929
2013 — 210 210 #949
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 #1,165
2006 — 151 151 #1,132
2005 — 147 147 #1,117
2004 — 143 143 #1,101
2003 — 115 115 #1,254
2002 — 88 88 #1,448
2001 — 72 72 #1,630
2000 — 94 94 #1,353
1999 — 67 67 #1,605
1998 — 69 69 #1,548
1997 — 68 68 #1,520
1996 — 68 68 #1,481
1995 — 57 57 #1,603
1994 — 71 71 #1,383
1993 — 57 57 #1,579
1992 — 58 58 #1,528
1991 — 61 61 #1,454
1990 — 58 58 #1,488
1989 — 73 73 #1,269
1988 — 61 61 #1,319
1987 — 70 70 #1,140
1986 — 59 59 #1,257
1985 — 61 61 #1,215
1984 — 55 55 #1,241
1983 — 55 55 #1,240
1982 — 65 65 #1,133
1981 — 49 49 #1,335
1980 — 52 52 #1,293
1979 — 47 47 #1,354
1978 — 33 33 #1,654
1977 — 57 57 #1,161
1976 — 52 52 #1,190
1975 — 41 41 #1,361
1974 — 54 54 #1,115
1973 — 37 37 #1,378
1972 — 40 40 #1,328
1971 — 39 39 #1,354
1970 — 39 39 #1,339
1969 — 21 21 #1,812
1968 — 30 30 #1,431
1967 — 30 30 #1,389
1966 — 16 16 #1,969
1965 — 27 27 #1,487
1964 — 20 20 #1,800
1963 — 28 28 #1,487
1962 — 25 25 #1,592
1961 — 27 27 #1,554
1960 — 34 34 #1,360
1959 — 19 19 #1,869
1958 — 20 20 #1,776
1957 — 29 29 #1,457
1956 — 33 33 #1,337
1955 — 24 24 #1,575
1954 — 19 19 #1,764
1953 — 14 14 #2,101
1952 — 23 23 #1,584
1951 — 29 29 #1,375
1950 — 18 18 #1,753
1949 — 23 23 #1,545
1948 — 18 18 #1,765
1947 — 18 18 #1,791
1946 — 19 19 #1,647
1945 — 15 15 #1,781
1944 — 17 17 #1,689
1943 — 20 20 #1,583
1942 — 22 22 #1,501
1941 — 10 10 #2,349
1940 — 15 15 #1,808
1939 — 24 24 #1,364
1938 — 8 8 #2,658
1937 — 10 10 #2,345
1936 — 15 15 #1,806
1935 — 15 15 #1,847
1934 — 22 22 #1,468
1933 — 27 27 #1,285
1932 — 17 17 #1,785
1931 — 19 19 #1,648
1930 — 29 29 #1,333
1929 — 25 25 #1,447
1928 — 30 30 #1,327
1927 — 26 26 #1,475
1926 — 38 38 #1,161
1925 — 36 36 #1,186
1924 — 34 34 #1,246
1923 — 45 45 #1,059
1922 — 36 36 #1,198
1921 — 42 42 #1,089
1920 — 36 36 #1,208
1919 — 27 27 #1,390
1918 — 38 38 #1,112
1917 — 39 39 #1,064
1916 — 30 30 #1,213
1915 — 40 40 #999
1914 — 36 36 #909
1913 — 26 26 #974
1912 — 20 20 #1,031
1911 — 13 13 #936
1910 — 6 6 #1,441
1909 — 8 8 #1,097
1908 — 7 7 #1,134
1907 — 7 7 #1,107
1906 — 5 5 #1,275
1904 — 8 8 #886
1902 — 10 10 #755
1900 — 8 8 #983
1899 — 6 6 #954
1898 — 8 8 #823
1897 — 9 9 #738
1895 — 10 10 #690
1894 — 9 9 #738
1893 — 9 9 #716
1892 — 8 8 #800
1891 — 6 6 #859
1890 — 11 11 #608
1889 — 7 7 #809
1888 — 16 16 #487
1887 — 10 10 #593
1886 — 14 14 #496
1885 — 11 11 #584
1884 — 12 12 #550
1883 — 14 14 #489
1882 — 10 10 #615
1881 — 15 15 #446
1880 — 18 18 #407