Girls' name · since 1892
Zeffie
Zeffie has 130 recorded births since 1892 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1892
- 1920s
- peak decade
Zeffie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 130 have been recorded since 1892.
Zeffie has 130 recorded births among girls since 1892, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 1948.
- #24,291 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 130 born since 1892
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeffie ranks #24,291 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 130 born since 1892, peaking in the 1920s.
- #24,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1892
- 1920s
- peak decade
Zeffie's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zeffie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zeffie's full recorded timeline at 1915, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1901, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zeffie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–1948
- Peak year (1927)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Zeffie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (44 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Zeffie's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Zeffie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s
1900s
40 births
- 1910s
1910s
35 births
- 1920s
1920s
44 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 44 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Zeffie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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.
Keep exploring Zeffie
Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zeffie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1892–1948 (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 Zeffie 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.