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Ephraim

Ephraim: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“fruitful, productive”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
EE-free-um · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Hebrew Ephrayim, a biblical name borne by a son of Joseph in the Old Testament. The form reflects a dual ending in Hebrew.

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How popular is Ephraim?

202469.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Ephraim in 2024229

2024 rank#980 boys

Peak year1880

Total US babies since 18807,997

Ephraim has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Ephraim

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Efrainfruitful · Hebrew
  • Efrenfruitful · 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

Ephraim questions

What does the name Ephraim mean?

Ephraim means "fruitful, productive". It comes from Hebrew. From Hebrew Ephrayim, a biblical name borne by a son of Joseph in the Old Testament. The form reflects a dual ending in Hebrew.

Is Ephraim a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Ephraim?

229 US babies were named Ephraim in 2024. Its peak year was 1880.

How do you pronounce Ephraim?

Ephraim is usually pronounced EE-free-um.

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.