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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #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.

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 1922

girls
#227
810 births · 1 in 1,483 girls
boys
#2,801
10 births · 1 in 108,815 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #227Effie810

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #2,801Effie10
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 1,483 of them was named Effie, which outranked 96.1% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Effie
  1. #224May855
  2. #225Annette850
  3. #226Jewell830
  4. #227Effie810
  5. #227Jewel810
  6. #229Susan795
  7. #230Isabelle794
  8. #231Carmen783

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 108,815 of them was named Effie, which outranked 43.6% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Effie
  1. #2,630Zachary11
  2. #2,630Zebedee11
  3. #2,630Zeke11
  4. #2,801Effie10
  5. #2,801Alanson10
  6. #2,801Alcee10
  7. #2,801Aldine10
  8. #3,014Abelino9
  9. #3,014Acel9
  10. #3,014Adin9

Tied with 212 names at #2,801; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922