Effa
- Last seen for girls in 1944 at #3,687
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 312since 1880
Effa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Effa has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
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| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
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| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
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| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
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| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
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| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Effa was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Effa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Effa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Effa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1944
- Biggest jump: 161 spots in 1883
- Biggest drop: 345 spots in 1893
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #518 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1880–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,272
- Highest: 1 in 8,272 girls born in 1880 were named Effa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,603 girls born in 1944 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1880s
- 34.3% of all girls named Effa (107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 107 | #518 (1880) | #639 |
| 1890s | 79 | #727 (1891) | #1,147 |
| 1900s | 26 | #1,357 (1908) | #1,666 |
| 1910s | 42 | #2,638 (1914) | #3,603 |
| 1920s | 46 | #3,144 (1924) | #4,246 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 12 | #3,687 (1944) | #4,155 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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