Efan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Efan: Recorded since 1997, it reached #833 in 2015, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#833highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2022
1999	#2425
2000	#1552
2001	#1595
2002	#1322
2003	#1962
2004	#970
2005	#1377
2006	#1224
2007	#1506
2008	#1828
2009	#944
2010	#1407
2011	#1447
2012	#1152
2013	#1024
2014	#988
2015	#833
2016	#1081
2017	#1339
2018	#1235
2019	#1369
2020	#1150
2021	#939
2022	#1104
2023	#1175
2024	#2088

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2022 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #833 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Efan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Efan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	139	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	233	10 of 10	23
2020s	115	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Efan 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #833 in England and Wales in 2015.

Efan'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	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1175	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1104	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#939	32	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1024	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#944	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1224	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #833, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
37births registered in its largest year, 201525 to 49 births →

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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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.

Franklyn · #833, 28y
Manav · #833, 27y
Niam · #833, 29y
Hayat · #832, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Franklyn · #833, 28y
Manav · #833, 27y
Niam · #833, 29y
Aiya · #834, 23y

Efan was ranked #833 in England and Wales · Boys in 2015. 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.

Efan 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 Efan without appearing here.

Efan moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #3225.
Erin Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1962 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #970 and #2578.
Kerry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1552 and #3036.

Moved ahead of Efan

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1175 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #1132.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #970 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1377 and #615.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1175 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #1460.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1224 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1506 and #926.

Moved the opposite way to Efan

Garry Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Efan went from #2022 to #1175 while Garry went from #914 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Efan went from #2022 to #1175 while Graeme went from #874 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Efan went from #2022 to #1175 while Kelly went from #1454 to #3523.
Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Efan went from #2022 to #1104 while Brent went from #725 to #3449.

Moved the same way as Efan

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Efan went from #1322 to #2088 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #833 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Efan

Efan at a glance

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Efan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Efan at a glance

Efan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Efan moved ahead of

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