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.
Where Effie is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#500 · 1 in 5,334
- North Carolina#505 · 1 in 5,225
- Georgia#572 · 1 in 5,835
- Louisiana#671 · 1 in 6,685
- Texas#1,124 · 1 in 15,985
Best ever in a state: #69 in Louisiana, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #500 | 6 | 1 in 5,334 |
| North Carolina | #505 | 8 | 1 in 5,225 |
| Georgia | #572 | 7 | 1 in 5,835 |
| Louisiana | #671 | 5 | 1 in 6,685 |
| Texas | #1,124 | 6 | 1 in 15,985 |
| New York | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 30,743 |
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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
- 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 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 21,014 of them was named Effie, which outranked 84.5% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,156Nona85
- #1,156Velvet85
- #1,156Vernita85
- #1,168Effie84
- #1,168Caron84
- #1,168Dorthy84
- #1,168Edward84
- #1,177Carmel83
- #1,177Carri83
- #1,177Christopher83
Tied with 8 names at #1,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.