Meaning and history
Ephraim comes from the Hebrew name אֶפְרָיִם (ʾEfrayim), meaning “fruitful.” In the Old Testament, Ephraim is a son of Joseph and Asenath and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The name was also borne by two early saints: Ephraim, or Ephrem the Syrian, a 4th-century theologian, and Ephraim of Antioch, a 6th-century patriarch of Antioch.
20062006: 151 births, rank #1,132
2007: 152 births, rank #1,162
2008: 179 births, rank #1,058
2009: 184 births, rank #1,039
2010: 181 births, rank #1,059
20112011: 174 births, rank #1,073
2012: 199 births, rank #1,001
2013: 210 births, rank #948
2014: 229 births, rank #929
2015: 231 births, rank #925
20162016: 254 births, rank #871
2017: 260 births, rank #848
2018: 223 births, rank #938
2019: 221 births, rank #968
2020: 210 births, rank #1,005
20212021: 229 births, rank #973
2022: 202 births, rank #1,078
2023: 224 births, rank #977
2024: 232 births, rank #976
20252025: 231 births, rank #988
Ephraim moved from #976 to #988 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2017, with 260 births.