Effie

#2,239 for girls in 2025, 82 births · Last seen for boys in 1973 at #4,054
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 561 births
Debut · girls
406 births
In top 100 · girls
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,256
since 1880

Effie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #55, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,23982—
2024#2,46273—
2023#2,10791—
2022#2,46373—
2021#2,23383—
2020#2,68262—
2019#2,85658—
2018#2,36177—
2017#2,57368—
2016#2,59468—
2015#3,09254—
2014#3,22650—
2013#3,84939—
2012#3,98838—
2011#3,65942—
2010#4,97428—
2009#4,48233—
2008#5,01329—
2007#5,52625—
2006#5,70923—
2005#5,26624—
2004#7,07716—
2003#6,29918—
2002#6,39217—
2001#6,32217—
2000#5,93718—
1999#6,19116—
1998#6,36015—
1997#5,41718—
1996#5,28018—
1995#5,22118—
1994#6,67213—
1993#5,67316—
1992#5,48417—
1991#4,80820—
1990#4,12024—
1989#3,78426—
1988#3,58526—
1987#3,42426—
1986#4,18619—
1985#3,85221—
1984#2,22744—
1983#3,15126—
1982#3,01729—
1981#2,52937—
1980#2,12848—
1979#2,38739—
1978#1,89352—
1977#2,55733—
1976#1,79452—
1975#1,57163—
1974#1,56361—
1973#1,60757#4,0547
1972#1,56559—
1971#1,22891—
1970#1,33079—
1969#1,37070—
1968#1,31171—
1967#1,38263—
1966#1,32067—
1965#1,16884—
1964#1,26576—
1963#1,16388—
1962#1,19285—
1961#1,10898—
1960#1,09796—
1959#991114—
1958#906128—
1957#965115—
1956#875130—
1955#775153—
1954#777145—
1953#724157—
1952#678172—
1951#639184—
1950#619185—
1949#578207—
1948#585203—
1947#564227—
1946#522227—
1945#484222—
1944#511200—
1943#487231—
1942#447270#3,5605
1941#432250—
1940#399290—
1939#392288—
1938#382302—
1937#317379#3,5185
1936#352324#3,5495
1935#320388—
1934#299431—
1933#305406—
1932#311417—
1931#312421—
1930#301488#2,60910
1929#283520#3,9595
1928#284529—
1927#272601#2,9129
1926#262644#3,1398
1925#235780—
1924#238765#3,2608
1923#235779#2,61411
1922#227810#2,80110
1921#220848—
1920#214895—
1919#201929#2,8779
1918#207919#2,69910
1917#203892#2,56210
1916#201878#2,38911
1915#196844#3,3926
1914#184726—
1913#164708#2,0928
1912#161666—
1911#147549#1,3877
1910#143572—
1909#132538—
1908#123549—
1907#115578—
1906#109578—
1905#117542#1,0027
1904#105578—
1903#103552—
1902#92658#1,0136
1901#97545#9436
1900#89752#69913
1899#90597#8577
1898#83714—
1897#79698—
1896#80716#8268
1895#79708#8727
1894#74712#9546
1893#74674—
1892#72721#1,0665
1891#67704#8416
1890#66717—
1889#65711#7228
1888#65744#9176
1887#64615#9215
1886#60672—
1885#59613—
1884#62558—
1883#60507#7207
1882#55561—
1881#56463—
1880#63406—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Effie was already there! It came in at #63, and was given to 406 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1992–2004, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.

Where Effie is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Effie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 223 spots since 2024 (#2,462 → #2,239)
  • 443 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #2,239)
  • 853 spots since 2015 (#3,092 → #2,239)
  • Biggest jump: 59 spots in 1958 (#965 → #906)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1960 (#991 → #1,097)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #55 (561 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 59 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1880–1902
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 192
  • Highest: 1 in 192 girls born in 1882 were named Effie (0.52%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,601 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 17.4% of all girls named Effie (7,683) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5,850#55 (1882)#61
1890s6,961#66 (1890)#76
1900s5,870#89 (1900)#108
1910s7,683#143 (1910)#181
1920s7,171#214 (1920)#247
1930s3,844#299 (1934)#329
1940s2,327#399 (1940)#501
1950s1,483#619 (1950)#795
1960s798#1,097 (1960)#1,238
1970s586#1,228 (1971)#1,750
1980s302#2,128 (1980)#3,188
1990s175#4,120 (1990)#5,523
2000s220#4,482 (2009)#5,802
2010s522#2,361 (2018)#3,317
2020s464#2,107 (2023)#2,364

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.

Effie in 1889

girls
#65
711 births · 1 in 251 girls
boys
#722
8 births · 1 in 13,823 boys

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #65Effie711

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #722Effie8
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 251 of them was named Effie, which outranked 95.6% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Effie
  1. #62Alma819
  2. #63Irene737
  3. #64May723
  4. #65Effie711
  5. #66Rosa707
  6. #67Sadie664
  7. #68Ellen653
Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 635Hellen#1,276 → #641
  2. ↑ 569Diana#1,136 → #567
  3. ↑ 536Hope#1,136 → #600
  4. ↑ 519Adelle#1,276 → #757
  5. ↑ 519Ova#1,276 → #757
Fallers
  1. ↓ 667Zilpha#612 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 643Lular#636 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 616Dagmar#663 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 589Savanah#690 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 555Harry#724 → #1,279

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 13,823 of them was named Effie, which outranked 35.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Effie
  1. #673Tommy9
  2. #673Willam9
  3. #673Wilton9
  4. #722Effie8
  5. #722Ace8
  6. #722Acie8
  7. #722Alfonzo8
  8. #789Ada7
  9. #789Adelard7
  10. #789Adolfo7

Tied with 66 names at #722; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 506Connie#1,031 → #525
  2. ↑ 483Hamilton#917 → #434
  3. ↑ 482Ballard#1,031 → #549
  4. ↑ 453Bertie#917 → #464
  5. ↑ 450Essie#1,031 → #581
Fallers
  1. ↓ 510Wendell#464 → #974
  2. ↓ 469Melton#505 → #974
  3. ↓ 462Enos#416 → #878
  4. ↓ 394Ruby#580 → #974
  5. ↓ 394Webb#580 → #974

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889 →