Efa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Efa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Efa: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #742, and it stood at #952 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#742highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#3998
2002	#1784
2003	#1628
2004	#1383
2005	#1406
2006	#1280
2007	#1126
2009	#1022
2010	#930
2011	#830
2012	#955
2013	#865
2014	#963
2015	#809
2016	#1142
2017	#814
2018	#1136
2019	#1119
2020	#955
2021	#828
2022	#775
2023	#742
2024	#952

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #742 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #952 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Efa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Efa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	136	9 of 10	15
2010s	384	10 of 10	38
2020sbusiest	211	5 of 10	42

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 42 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Efa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #742 in England and Wales in 2023.

Efa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#952	37	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#742	48	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#775	47	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#828	43	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#955	36	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1119	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1136	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#814	47	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1142	30	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#809	47	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#963	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#865	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#955	38	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#830	44	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#930	37	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1022	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1126	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #742, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 48 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Efe · #854, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gruffydd · #740, 29y
Ishaaq · #740, 27y
Poppy-Rose · #740, 22y
Ekam · #745, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Darya · #742, 26y
Hannah-Rose · #742, 14y
Ilana · #742, 29y
Keren · #742, 28y

Efa was ranked #742 in England and Wales · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Efa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Efa without appearing here.

Efa moved ahead of

Tove Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #963 and #4003.
Josefine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1628 and #4373.
Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3795 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1406 and #3970.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3998 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1784 and #4137.

Moved ahead of Efa

Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #809 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1142 and #768.
Frida Compare
In 2023 they stood at #742 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #952 and #811.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1136 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1119 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Efa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Efa went from #3795 to #952 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Efa went from #3795 to #952 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Efa went from #3795 to #952 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Efa went from #3795 to #952 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Efa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Efa went from #3795 to #952 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Efa went from #3795 to #952 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Efa went from #3795 to #952 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Efa went from #3795 to #952 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #742 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Efa

Efa at a glance

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Efa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Efa at a glance

Efa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Efa moved ahead of

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