Ephraim
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning doubly fruitful; very fruitful.
How Ephraim has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #924 |
| 2016 | #871 |
| 2017 | #847 |
| 2018 | #941 |
| 2019 | #966 |
| 2021 | #972 |
| 2023 | #992 |
| 2024 | #979 |
| 2025 | #988 |
Ephraim by the numbers
In 2025, 27 babies in England and Wales were named Ephraim. In the US, 254 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Names that come from Ephraim
Forms of Ephraim in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ephraim. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ephraim
Names that are said the same way as Ephraim, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Efremdoubly fruitful; a form of Ephraim8 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a vine or fruit
Like Ephraim, each of these has a vine or fruit in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Carmelovineyard or garden of God308 in the US (2017)
- Efrainvariant of Ephraim; doubly fruitful192 in the US (2017)
- Efrenfruitful; a form of Ephrem83 in the US (2017)
- Karmelovineyard of god; a variant of Carmelo55 in the US (2017)
- Carmellovineyard or garden of god; form of carmelo47 in the US (2017)
- Keremvineyard22 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Ephraim
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