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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #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 1894

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 1894

girls
#74
712 births · 1 in 313 girls
boys
#954
6 births · 1 in 19,295 boys

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #74Effie712

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #954Effie6
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 313 of them was named Effie, which outranked 95.7% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Effie
  1. #71May763
  2. #72Ellen759
  3. #73Sadie745
  4. #74Effie712
  5. #75Willie709
  6. #76Beatrice684
  7. #77Della681
Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Versie#1,437 → #643
  2. ↑ 613Nadine#1,277 → #664
  3. ↑ 587Genoveva#1,437 → #850
  4. ↑ 558Lavada#1,277 → #719
  5. ↑ 532Libby#1,437 → #905
Fallers
  1. ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
  2. ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
  3. ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
  4. ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
  5. ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485

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

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 19,295 of them was named Effie, which outranked 23.0% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Effie
  1. #857Winston7
  2. #857Yee7
  3. #857Zed7
  4. #954Effie6
  5. #954Ada6
  6. #954Adolfo6
  7. #954Alec6
  8. #1,074Acie5
  9. #1,074Adlai5
  10. #1,074Adolf5

Tied with 119 names at #954; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Levy#1,035 → #521
  2. ↑ 514Orrin#1,035 → #521
  3. ↑ 488Alvie#907 → #419
  4. ↑ 468Jonnie#1,035 → #567
  5. ↑ 441Carson#1,035 → #594
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Lindsay#391 → #1,074
  2. ↓ 519Minnie#435 → #954
  3. ↓ 475Ludwig#479 → #954
  4. ↓ 459Alice#615 → #1,074
  5. ↓ 459Julia#615 → #1,074

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

See the top 100 for 1894 →