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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #516 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,243 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #454 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,320 girlsMINew York: #650 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,553 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #258 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,492 girlsINOhio: #389 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,622 girlsOHPennsylvania: #381 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,926 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #488 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,701 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #328 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,003 girlsMOKentucky: #192 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 941 girlsKYWest Virginia: #205 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,144 girlsWVVirginia: #193 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,148 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedNMKansas: #308 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,636 girlsKSArkansas: #201 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 938 girlsARTennessee: #206 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,164 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #192 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,042 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #184 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 990 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #178 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 798 girlsLAMississippi: #203 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 970 girlsMSAlabama: #221 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,174 girlsALGeorgia: #172 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 797 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Effie, so not publishedHITexas: #265 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 1,330 girlsTXFlorida: #281 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,946 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#172 · 1 in 797
  2. Louisiana#178 · 1 in 798
  3. South Carolina#184 · 1 in 990
  4. Kentucky#192 · 1 in 941
  5. North Carolina#192 · 1 in 1,042

Best ever in a state: #69 in Louisiana, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#172381 in 797
Louisiana#178261 in 798
South Carolina#184211 in 990
Kentucky#192291 in 941
North Carolina#192351 in 1,042
Virginia#193201 in 1,148
Arkansas#201201 in 938
Mississippi#203221 in 970
West Virginia#205161 in 1,144
Tennessee#206231 in 1,164
Alabama#221251 in 1,174
Indiana#25891 in 2,492
Texas#265431 in 1,330
Florida#28161 in 1,946
Kansas#30851 in 2,636
Missouri#32891 in 3,003
Pennsylvania#381121 in 5,926
Ohio#38981 in 5,622
Michigan#45451 in 7,320
California#48861 in 5,701
Illinois#51661 in 8,243
New York#65051 in 16,553
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Arizona
Colorado
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Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Idaho
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Maine
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Minnesota
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Nebraska
Nevada
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North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
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South Dakota
Utah
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Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1934

girls
#299
431 births · 1 in 2,423 girls

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #299Effie431
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 2,423 of them was named Effie, which outranked 94.0% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Effie
  1. #296Cecilia438
  2. #297Polly436
  3. #298Gracie435
  4. #299Effie431
  5. #300Isabel430
  6. #301Bernadine429
  7. #302Nell427
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

See the top 100 for 1934