Girls' name · since 1880
Effie
44,256 babies named Effie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,239 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44,256
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Effie currently ranks #2239 among girls' names in America, with 44,256 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Effie recorded 44,256 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #2239 nationally today, ahead of 87% of girls, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #648 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,239 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 44,256 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Effie ranks #648 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,239 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 44,256 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,239 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44,256
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Effie's 44,256 recorded births place it above 99.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Effie compares
44,256 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Effie's all-time total is 118x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Effie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 44,256 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 929 | 21 | 19,840 |
Effie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Effie's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 9% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 91%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 13 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 929, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Effie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1919)
- 929
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Effie popularity over time - boys
241 total births recorded since 1883 (Effie as boys' name)
Effie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (7,683 births, 17% of the file).
1910s was Effie's strongest decade.
7,683 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Effie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
5,850 births
- 1890s
1890s
6,961 births
- 1900s
1900s
5,870 births
- 1910s
1910s
7,683 births
- 1920s
1920s
7,171 births
- 1930s
1930s
3,844 births
- 1940s 2,327
1940s
2,327 births
- 1950s 1,483
1950s
1,483 births
- 1960s 798
1960s
798 births
- 1970s 586
1970s
586 births
- 1980s 302
1980s
302 births
- 1990s 175
1990s
175 births
- 2000s 220
2000s
220 births
- 2010s 522
2010s
522 births
- 2020s 464
2020s
464 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 7,683 births (17% of all-time use).
How Effie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Effie's total volume
Effie by state
Where Effie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,915 | 4.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 1,913 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 1,700 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 1,365 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 1,317 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 1,253 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 1,245 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 1,222 | 2.8% |
1,915 of 44,256 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Effie appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Effie's data
- Effie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (7,683 total births); usage has since declined to 464 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Effies (1,915 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Effie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Effie 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.