Efràin

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Efràin is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country. In Puerto Rico it is the 42nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Anglicized spelling of Spanish Efraín. Doublet of Ephraim.

  • PRPuerto Rico≈1 in 530few records(inferred from the name graph)
  • BOBolivia≈1 in 680few records
  • MXMexico≈1 in 1.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mexico (inferred from the name graph)

≈110,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
376 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 531 (inferred from the name graph)

Puerto Rico, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
EfràinLatin(measured from records)
ЭфраинCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Efrain in US United States, MX Mexico, PE Peru and 3 more and Efraín in BO Bolivia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Anglicized spelling of Spanish Efraín. Doublet of Ephraim.

Cited for this meaning 2

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Efràin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Efràin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MX Mexico#231≈110,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K861Efrain192
US United States#92632,0161 in 10K32KEfrain376
PE Peru#206≈29,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Efrain95
CO Colombia#339≈26,000 est.≈1 in 2K13Efrain121
BO Bolivia#420≈18,000 est.≈1 in 677—Efraín43
PR Puerto Rico#42≈6,000 est.≈1 in 53110Efrain51
SV El Salvador#176≈4,800 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Efrain38

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); the co-datosgov-candidates register; SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Efràin under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Efràin mean, and where does it come from?
Anglicized spelling of Spanish Efraín. Doublet of Ephraim. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary.
Is Efràin a male or female name?
Efràin is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Efràin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 114 thousand people named Efràin in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled efrain.
How common is the name Efràin?
In the United States, the national register counted 32,016 people named Efràin in 2020, about 1 in 10 thousand residents.
How common is Efràin compared with other names?
In Mexico, Efràin is the 231st most common given name of 193,485 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Efràin” — the 231st most common given name in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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