Efia

The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday). Efia (also Afua) is the name for girls born on a Friday. (The male variant is Kofi)

Pronounced EF-yuh.

As of October 2026, Efia ranked #8846 in US births in 1978 SSA, peaked at #7061 in 1977.