Efrat
A Hebrew feminine name meaning "fruitful" or "fertile".
Name Census estimates that about 57 living Americans carry the first name Efrat. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Efrat today is around 32 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Efrat births was 1975 (10 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Efrat. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Efrat. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
57
~ 1 in 6,013,234 Americans
Peak year
1975
10 babies that year
Average age
32
years old
2024 SSA rank
#12,479
Tracked since 1975
Census
Efrat in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 353 people with the first name Efrat, which placed it at #26,378 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#26,378
National first-name rank
People counted
353
353 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
92.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Efrat
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Efrat is White at 92.1%. The next largest groups are Black (2.5%) and Hispanic (2.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Efrat described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Efrat at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White92.1% · 325
- Black or African American2.5% · 9
- Hispanic or Latino2.0% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.7% · 6
- Two or more races1.4% · 5
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 1
Popularity
Efrat: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Efrat from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 15 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1970s peak, Efrat remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Efrat by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Efrat during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Efrats live
Origin
Meaning and history of Efrat
The name Efrat is of Hebrew origin and dates back to ancient times. It is derived from the Hebrew word "פרת" (Perat), which means "fruitful" or "fertile". This name is closely associated with the biblical region known as Ephrath, an ancient name for the area around Bethlehem, which was known for its lush greenery and fertile lands.
In the Bible, Ephrath is mentioned in Genesis 35:16 as the place where Rachel, the wife of Jacob, died while giving birth to her second son, Benjamin. The verse states, "And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour." This biblical reference establishes the name's connection to the concept of fertility and childbirth.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Efrat can be found in the Book of Nehemiah, which mentions a man named "Efrat the Netophathite" (Nehemiah 7:28). This suggests that the name was in use among the Israelites during the post-exilic period, around the 5th century BCE.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Efrat. One of the earliest known is Efrat ben Yaakov (born c. 1450 BCE), a figure mentioned in the Midrash (a collection of ancient Hebrew exegetical texts) as a son of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
Another historical figure is Efrat ben Yosef (born c. 1350 BCE), a grandson of Jacob mentioned in the same Midrashic texts. He is said to have been a wise and learned man who helped establish the early Jewish communities in Egypt.
In more recent times, Efrat Levitan (1884-1970) was a Russian-born Israeli painter and educator who played a significant role in the development of modern Israeli art. Her works often depicted scenes from everyday life in the early years of the Jewish settlement in Palestine.
Efrat Shalem (born 1945) is an Israeli author and translator who has written several novels and short story collections, exploring themes of identity, relationships, and the complexities of modern Israeli society.
Efrat Gosh (born 1971) is an Israeli singer and songwriter who has released several successful albums and has been a prominent figure in the Israeli music scene since the 1990s.
People
Efrat + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Efrat as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Efrat: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Efrat?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 57 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Efrat going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 6,013,234 US residents.
Is Efrat a common name?
We classify Efrat as "Very Rare". It ranks above 56.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 60 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Efrat most popular?
The single biggest year for Efrat was 1975, when 10 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Efrat is about 32 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Efrat in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 353 people with the name Efrat, or 0.12 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #26,378 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Efrat in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Efrat?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Efrat leans strongly female. 347 people counted with this name were female (98.9%), compared with 4 male bearers (1.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Efrat?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Efrat is White at 92.1%. The next largest groups are Black (2.5%) and Hispanic (2.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Efrat most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Efrat in the 2020 Census, accounting for 92.1% (325 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Efrat in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Efrat a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Efrat in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Efrat still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Efrat in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Efrat can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Efrat?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.