Efren Boy
How popular is Efren?
#2,183 boy name in 2025
65 baby boys were named Efren in the US in 2025, making it the 2183rd most popular boy name.
Efren popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,183 for boys (▲ 412 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 65 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,613 in 2015, #1,895 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (201 boys) |
| Highest rank | #764 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Efren counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Efrain family of names ranked #1,039 for boys in 2025 (#1,058 the year before), with 183 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Efrain | 118 | 64% |
| Efren | 65 | 36% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Efren is most popular
Babies named Efren per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (100 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (80 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Efren by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | #3,390 |
| 1920s | 163 | #1,322 |
| 1930s | 147 | #1,254 |
| 1940s | 209 | #1,251 |
| 1950s | 305 | #1,171 |
| 1960s | 476 | #932 |
| 1970s | 854 | #803 |
| 1980s | 1,135 | #821 |
| 1990s | 1,708 | #764 |
| 2000s | 1,773 | #839 |
| 2010s | 994 | #1,349 |
| 2020s | 416 | #1,895 |
Boy names about as popular as Efren
Questions
- Is Efren a boy or girl name?
- Efren is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Efren were boys.
- How popular is the name Efren?
- 65 baby boys were named Efren in the US in 2025, making it the 2183rd most popular boy name.
- When was Efren most popular?
- Efren peaked in 2007, when 201 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #764 in 1990.
- How many people are named Efren?
- 8,198 babies have been named Efren in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,395 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Efren most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Efren was most common in Arizona, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.