girl's name

Efa

  • Origin Welsh
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 3
  • Popularity Top 1000 (E&W)
  • Births on record 780

England and Wales

#845

2025 births

Efa is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 42 babies in England and Wales, ranking #845. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Efa is a name of Welsh origin.
  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2023, when 48 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 12,546 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1996.

Efa over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

384
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Efa by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
1990s 7
2000s 136
2010s 384
2020s (to 2025) 253

How popular is Efa?

In 2025, Efa was given to 42 babies in England and Wales, ranking #845 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Efa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Efa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Efa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Efa in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Estonian
Eeva
Finnish
Eeva
Greek
Evi
Lithuanian
Ieva
Polish
Ewa

Sibling names for Efa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Efa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Efa

How popular is the name Efa?

In 2025, Efa was given to 42 babies in England and Wales, ranking #845 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Efa a girl's or a boy's name?

Efa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Efa most popular?

Efa peaked in 2023, when 48 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Efa a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Efa currently ranks #845 in England and Wales. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.