Total births
130
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.
- 130
- total births
- 1892–1948
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that 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.
- 130 total births
- 1892–1948 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 34% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
130 girls have been named Zeffie since 1892, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1948.
- 130
- total births
- 1892–1948
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
1920s
Peak decade
34% of everyone ever named Zeffie was born in this single decade.
1927
Single peak year
12 babies were named Zeffie in 1927 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 1948Peak year
1927
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1892
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Zeffie? ▼
130 babies have been named Zeffie since 1892. It was last recorded in 1948. The peak year was 1927 with 12 births.
When was Zeffie most popular? ▼
Zeffie was most popular in the 1920s decade with 44 total births. The single peak year was 1927.
How long has the name Zeffie been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Zeffie since 1892 -- 57 years through the most recent 1948 data.
What to do with Zeffie's data
- 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.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Zeffie: Baby Name Since 1892 - 130 Births, Peak 1927." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/zeffie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 June 2026.