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Ephrem

#6,564 in 2025Boys' name

Fruitful, through Ephraim

Ephrem has been given to 250 babies in the U.S. since 1961. In 2025 it ranked #6,564 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Ephrem, 2025

1 in 255,000

Ephrem over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ephrem: meaning, origin, and history

Fruitful, through Ephraim

Classical Syriac

What Ephrem means

Ephrem belongs to the name family reached through Ephrem → Ephraim. Its meaning is “fruitful”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ephrem is used in English. Its origins include Classical Syriac.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ephraim.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 250 boys were recorded with the name Ephrem between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2021; its best national rank was #4,245 in 1961.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,009 in 2020 to #6,564 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,650 in 2015 to #6,564 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ephrem?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 131,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,564
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ephrem sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ephrem. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ephrems were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ephrem was born before 2015 — so the typical Ephrem is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
250
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.6% of all recorded uses (99).

Is Ephrem rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+389
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,445
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,086
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.30×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
76.5%
Peak was 2021 (17)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,245
1961

Spellings of Ephrem

Ephrem is not the most common spelling — Ephraim is, with 64.5% against Ephrem's 2.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ephrem around the world

Where Ephrem ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2015–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2023–2023
    #660
    in 2023
  • France
    1900–2025
    #4,918
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2023–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ephrem by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,564
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,445
Best rank ever
#4,245
1961
Peak year
2021
17 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
250
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Ephrem

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ephrem

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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