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Efren

Efren: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“fruitful”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
eh-FREN · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Spanish form of Ephraim, from Hebrew ʾEfrayim. Common in Spanish-speaking usage.

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How popular is Efren?

202415.3 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Efren in 202451

2024 rank#2,596 boys

Peak year2001

Total US babies since 18808,132

Efren has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Efren

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Ephraimfruitful, productive · Hebrew
  • Efrainfruitful · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew

Efren questions

What does the name Efren mean?

Efren means "fruitful". It comes from Hebrew. Spanish form of Ephraim, from Hebrew ʾEfrayim. Common in Spanish-speaking usage.

Is Efren a boy or girl name?

Efren is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Efren?

51 US babies were named Efren in 2024. Its peak year was 2001.

How do you pronounce Efren?

Efren is usually pronounced eh-FREN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.