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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #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 1926

girls
#262
644 births · 1 in 1,841 girls
boys
#3,139
8 births · 1 in 138,813 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #262Effie644

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #3,139Effie8
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,841 of them was named Effie, which outranked 95.3% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Effie
  1. #259Francis652
  2. #260Judith651
  3. #261Dorthy649
  4. #262Effie644
  5. #262Leola644
  6. #264Luella639
  7. #265Isabelle637
  8. #266Annabelle629

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

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 138,813 of them was named Effie, which outranked 35.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Effie
  1. #2,904Wirt9
  2. #2,904York9
  3. #2,904Zygmunt9
  4. #3,139Effie8
  5. #3,139Adolphe8
  6. #3,139Alen8
  7. #3,139Algird8
  8. #3,385Abelino7
  9. #3,385Ad7
  10. #3,385Adalbert7

Tied with 245 names at #3,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926