Efua
Afua or Efua is an Akan day name traditionally given to girls born on a Friday; the equivalent male name is Kofi.
- Akan
Meaning & Origin of Efua
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Afua or Efua is an Akan day name traditionally given to girls born on a Friday; the equivalent male name is Kofi.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Akan
The Story of Efua
The earliest SSA record of Efua as a baby girl name dates back to 1992, when 5 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Efua — #12,070 in the national rankings. Efua last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Efua
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Names that sound like Efua
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About the name Efua
Efua is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Efua's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #12,070. Use the chart and map above to compare Efua'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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