Name meaning & stats
Ephraim
Ephraim means “fruitful” (Hebrew origin). 7,171 US babies since 1940, peak 2017.
What it means
“fruitful”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2017
7,171 US babies were named Ephraim between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ephraim (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 61% of the family
- Ephraim 61%
- Efraim 16%
- Efrem 14%
- Ephriam 4%
- Ephram 3%
- Ephrem 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2017)