Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
EfratIn Hebrew: אפרת · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אֶפְרָתRomanization: efrát
Efrat (Hebrew: אפרת) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 22,736 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 383 girls and ranked #50. Its peak year was 1976, with 555 babies.
- People in Israel
- 22,736
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 383
- rank #50
- Peak year
- 1976
- 555 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Efrat
In Hebrew letters the name is אפרת, read right to left. Efrat is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "efrát" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Ephrath, Efrath, and Efrat
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Efrat by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Efrat
How do you write Efrat in Hebrew?
Efrat is written אפרת in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֶפְרָת). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "efrát".
How many people in Israel are named Efrat?
22,736 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אפרת: 22,731 women and 5 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Efrat a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אפרת are women.
What does the name Efrat mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Ephrath, Efrath, and Efrat"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.