Effie
Effie was given to 82 girls in 2025, #2,245 among girls’ names; 44,497 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,280 Americans named Effie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (14% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 44 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Effie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Effie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Effie is “a diminutive of the female given name Euphemia, also used as a formal given name in the 19th century.”
From Euphemia + -ie, or, very rarely, from modern Greek Eftychia or Euthemia (diminutive form).
/ˈɛfi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Effie?
#2,245 among girls’ names, 2025
Effie rose from #3,099 in 2015 to #2,245 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 30.3 to 51.0 per million.
938 babies in 1919, the peak
Effie peaked in 1919, when 938 babies were given it (929 girls, #201 among girls’ names). The 82 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #2,245 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,468 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 91 | #2,113 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,470 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,235 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,693 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,866 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,367 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,579 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,603 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 54 | #3,099 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,239 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,869 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 38 | #4,005 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,679 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 28 | #5,009 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,510 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,051 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,571 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,776 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,317 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,175 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,381 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,471 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,405 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,015 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,270 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,463 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,466 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,343 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,272 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,786 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,743 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,543 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,848 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,147 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,807 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,613 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,444 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,231 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,889 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,235 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,172 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,035 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,536 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,133 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,398 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,895 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,568 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,801 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,576 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,566 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,610 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,568 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 91 | #1,231 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 79 | #1,335 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 70 | #1,374 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 71 | #1,313 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,385 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,326 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 84 | #1,171 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 76 | #1,270 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 88 | #1,164 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,195 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 98 | #1,110 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 96 | #1,097 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 114 | #990 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 128 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 115 | #964 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 130 | #874 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 153 | #777 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 145 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 157 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 172 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 184 | #640 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 185 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 207 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1948 | 203 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 227 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 227 | #522 | 0.14 |
| 1945 | 222 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 200 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 231 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1942 | 270 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1941 | 250 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1940 | 290 | #399 | 0.25 |
| 1939 | 288 | #393 | 0.26 |
| 1938 | 302 | #382 | 0.27 |
| 1937 | 379 | #317 | 0.36 |
| 1936 | 324 | #352 | 0.31 |
| 1935 | 388 | #320 | 0.37 |
| 1934 | 431 | #299 | 0.41 |
| 1933 | 406 | #305 | 0.40 |
| 1932 | 417 | #311 | 0.39 |
| 1931 | 421 | #312 | 0.40 |
| 1930 | 488 | #301 | 0.43 |
| 1929 | 520 | #283 | 0.47 |
| 1928 | 529 | #284 | 0.46 |
| 1927 | 601 | #273 | 0.50 |
| 1926 | 644 | #262 | 0.54 |
| 1925 | 780 | #235 | 0.64 |
| 1924 | 765 | #238 | 0.61 |
| 1923 | 779 | #235 | 0.65 |
| 1922 | 810 | #227 | 0.67 |
| 1921 | 848 | #220 | 0.69 |
| 1920 | 895 | #214 | 0.75 |
| 1919 | 929 | #201 | 0.82 |
| 1918 | 919 | #207 | 0.79 |
| 1917 | 892 | #203 | 0.82 |
| 1916 | 878 | #201 | 0.84 |
| 1915 | 844 | #196 | 0.86 |
| 1914 | 726 | #184 | 1.0 |
| 1913 | 708 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1912 | 666 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1911 | 549 | #147 | 1.3 |
| 1910 | 572 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1909 | 538 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1908 | 549 | #124 | 1.6 |
| 1907 | 578 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1906 | 578 | #109 | 2.0 |
| 1905 | 542 | #117 | 1.9 |
| 1904 | 578 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1903 | 552 | #103 | 2.1 |
| 1902 | 658 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1901 | 545 | #97 | 2.3 |
| 1900 | 752 | #89 | 2.5 |
| 1899 | 597 | #90 | 2.6 |
| 1898 | 714 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1897 | 698 | #79 | 3.0 |
| 1896 | 716 | #80 | 3.0 |
| 1895 | 708 | #79 | 3.0 |
| 1894 | 712 | #74 | 3.2 |
| 1893 | 674 | #74 | 3.2 |
| 1892 | 721 | #72 | 3.4 |
| 1891 | 704 | #67 | 3.8 |
| 1890 | 717 | #66 | 3.8 |
| 1889 | 711 | #65 | 4.0 |
| 1888 | 744 | #65 | 4.2 |
| 1887 | 615 | #64 | 4.2 |
| 1886 | 672 | #60 | 4.6 |
| 1885 | 613 | #59 | 4.6 |
| 1884 | 558 | #62 | 4.3 |
| 1883 | 507 | #60 | 4.5 |
| 1882 | 561 | #55 | 5.2 |
| 1881 | 463 | #56 | 5.0 |
| 1880 | 406 | #63 | 4.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Effie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Effie has been given almost only to girls: 241 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Effie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Effie, and how old are they?
6,280 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 14% of the 44,497 Americans ever recorded as Effie. The median Effie alive today is 69 years old; half are between 44 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 6,614 people named Effie (6,559 women and girls, 55 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,668 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,580 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,090 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 920 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 369 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 373 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 873 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Effie born?
The states with the most babies named Effie are Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,915 | #3,435 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 1,913 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Georgia | 1,700 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Kentucky | 1,365 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Alabama | 1,317 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Louisiana | 1,253 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Tennessee | 1,245 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Mississippi | 1,222 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Arkansas | 979 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Virginia | 913 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Effie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Effie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Effie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 44,892 babies since 1880, Effie is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 82 of their 82 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Effie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Effie and names like it
- Compare Effie and EffaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEffie peaked in 1919.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Effie since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Effie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Effie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.