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
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 561 births
- Debut · girls
- 406 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 44,256since 1880
Effie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,239 | 82 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,462 | 73 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,107 | 91 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,463 | 73 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,233 | 83 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,682 | 62 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,856 | 58 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,361 | 77 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,573 | 68 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,594 | 68 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,092 | 54 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,226 | 50 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,849 | 39 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,988 | 38 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,659 | 42 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,529 | 37 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,893 | 52 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,571 | 63 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,563 | 61 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,607 | 57 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #1,565 | 59 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,228 | 91 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,330 | 79 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,370 | 70 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,311 | 71 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,382 | 63 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,320 | 67 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,168 | 84 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,265 | 76 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,163 | 88 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,192 | 85 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,108 | 98 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,097 | 96 | — | |
| 1959 | #991 | 114 | — | |
| 1958 | #906 | 128 | — | |
| 1957 | #965 | 115 | — | |
| 1956 | #875 | 130 | — | |
| 1955 | #775 | 153 | — | |
| 1954 | #777 | 145 | — | |
| 1953 | #724 | 157 | — | |
| 1952 | #678 | 172 | — | |
| 1951 | #639 | 184 | — | |
| 1950 | #619 | 185 | — | |
| 1949 | #578 | 207 | — | |
| 1948 | #585 | 203 | — | |
| 1947 | #564 | 227 | — | |
| 1946 | #522 | 227 | — | |
| 1945 | #484 | 222 | — | |
| 1944 | #511 | 200 | — | |
| 1943 | #487 | 231 | — | |
| 1942 | #447 | 270 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #432 | 250 | — | |
| 1940 | #399 | 290 | — | |
| 1939 | #392 | 288 | — | |
| 1938 | #382 | 302 | — | |
| 1937 | #317 | 379 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #352 | 324 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #320 | 388 | — | |
| 1934 | #299 | 431 | — | |
| 1933 | #305 | 406 | — | |
| 1932 | #311 | 417 | — | |
| 1931 | #312 | 421 | — | |
| 1930 | #301 | 488 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #283 | 520 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #284 | 529 | — | |
| 1927 | #272 | 601 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #262 | 644 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #235 | 780 | — | |
| 1924 | #238 | 765 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #235 | 779 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #227 | 810 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #220 | 848 | — | |
| 1920 | #214 | 895 | — | |
| 1919 | #201 | 929 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #207 | 919 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #203 | 892 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #201 | 878 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #196 | 844 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #184 | 726 | — | |
| 1913 | #164 | 708 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #161 | 666 | — | |
| 1911 | #147 | 549 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #143 | 572 | — | |
| 1909 | #132 | 538 | — | |
| 1908 | #123 | 549 | — | |
| 1907 | #115 | 578 | — | |
| 1906 | #109 | 578 | — | |
| 1905 | #117 | 542 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #105 | 578 | — | |
| 1903 | #103 | 552 | — | |
| 1902 | #92 | 658 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #97 | 545 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #89 | 752 | #699 | 13 |
| 1899 | #90 | 597 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #83 | 714 | — | |
| 1897 | #79 | 698 | — | |
| 1896 | #80 | 716 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #79 | 708 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #74 | 712 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #74 | 674 | — | |
| 1892 | #72 | 721 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #67 | 704 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #66 | 717 | — | |
| 1889 | #65 | 711 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #65 | 744 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #64 | 615 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #60 | 672 | — | |
| 1885 | #59 | 613 | — | |
| 1884 | #62 | 558 | — | |
| 1883 | #60 | 507 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #55 | 561 | — | |
| 1881 | #56 | 463 | — | |
| 1880 | #63 | 406 | — | |
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.
See more about Effie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #55 (561 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1880–1902
- Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1880–1959
- Highest: 1 in 192 girls born in 1882 were named Effie (0.52%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,601 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 17.4% of all girls named Effie (7,683) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,850 | #55 (1882) | #61 |
| 1890s | 6,961 | #66 (1890) | #76 |
| 1900s | 5,870 | #89 (1900) | #108 |
| 1910s | 7,683 | #143 (1910) | #181 |
| 1920s | 7,171 | #214 (1920) | #247 |
| 1930s | 3,844 | #299 (1934) | #329 |
| 1940s | 2,327 | #399 (1940) | #501 |
| 1950s | 1,483 | #619 (1950) | #795 |
| 1960s | 798 | #1,097 (1960) | #1,238 |
| 1970s | 586 | #1,228 (1971) | #1,750 |
| 1980s | 302 | #2,128 (1980) | #3,188 |
| 1990s | 175 | #4,120 (1990) | #5,523 |
| 2000s | 220 | #4,482 (2009) | #5,802 |
| 2010s | 522 | #2,361 (2018) | #3,317 |
| 2020s | 464 | #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
Top girls' names in 1894
Top boys' names in 1894
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).
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 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).