Efren
Efren or Efrén is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Efrén Echeverría, musician guitarist, composer, and compiler from Paraguay Efrén Pérez Rivera, former college professor and noted Puerto Rican environmentalist leader Efrén Rebolledo (1877–1929), Mexican poet and diplomat Efrén Vázquez, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer in the 250 cc World Championship riding a…
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Efren
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Efren or Efrén is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Efrén Echeverría, musician guitarist, composer, and compiler from Paraguay Efrén Pérez Rivera, former college professor and noted Puerto Rican environmentalist leader Efrén Rebolledo (1877–1929), Mexican poet and diplomat Efrén Vázquez, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer in the 250 cc World Championship riding a…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Efren
American parents first put Efren on the record books as a baby boy name in 1915, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 201 Efrens were born — ranking #977 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 22% of all recorded Efrens. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,480 among baby boy names with 55 births, falling sharply (-21%). In total, more than 8K Efrens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Efren
Efren is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Efren's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #768. Use the chart and map above to compare Efren's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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