Effie — #2499 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Effie

The Social Security Administration has registered 44,171 babies named Effie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Effie currently holds the #2499 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 929 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Effie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 7,683 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Effie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 1,913 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Effie in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Effie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 44,171 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.