Girls' name · since 1880
Effa
312 babies named Effa in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1889. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 312
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Effa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 312 have been recorded since 1880.
Effa has 312 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1880s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1944.
- #15,562 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 312 born since 1880
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Effa ranks #15,562 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 312 born since 1880, peaking in the 1880s.
- #15,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 312
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Effa's 312 recorded births place it above 78.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Effa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Effa's SSA record in two at 1900 and the more recent half accounts for 40% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 60%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1895, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1889 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Effa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1944
- Peak year (1889)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Effa by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (107 births, 34% of the file).
1880s was Effa's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Effa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
107 births
- 1890s
1890s
79 births
- 1900s 26
1900s
26 births
- 1910s 42
1910s
42 births
- 1920s
1920s
46 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 107 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Effa's decade-level peak was the 1880s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Effa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1889)
Similar record span (~64 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1944 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Effa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.