Effie is an established girls' name that peaked in 1919 and has since faded.
Effie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,245 for girl births in the United States (and #4,060 across all names), given to 82 babies. Effie was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (929 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | 82 | #2,245 | — |
| 2024 | 73 | 73 | #2,468 | — |
| 2023 | 91 | 91 | #2,113 | — |
| 2022 | 73 | 73 | #2,470 | — |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | #2,235 | — |
| 2020 | 62 | 62 | #2,693 | — |
| 2019 | 58 | 58 | #2,866 | — |
| 2018 | 77 | 77 | #2,367 | — |
| 2017 | 68 | 68 | #2,579 | — |
| 2016 | 68 | 68 | #2,603 | — |
| 2015 | 54 | 54 | #3,099 | — |
| 2014 | 50 | 50 | #3,241 | — |
| 2013 | 39 | 39 | #3,871 | — |
| 2012 | 38 | 38 | #4,006 | — |
| 2011 | 42 | 42 | #3,680 | — |
| 2010 | 28 | 28 | #5,011 | — |
| 2009 | 33 | 33 | #4,511 | — |
| 2008 | 29 | 29 | #5,053 | — |
| 2007 | 25 | 25 | #5,574 | — |
| 2006 | 23 | 23 | #5,778 | — |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | #5,322 | — |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #7,180 | — |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | #6,386 | — |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | #6,477 | — |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #6,410 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #6,020 | — |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | #6,276 | — |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | #6,468 | — |
| 1997 | 18 | — | #5,470 | — |
| 1996 | 18 | — | #5,348 | — |
| 1995 | 18 | — | #5,277 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | — | #6,792 | — |
| 1993 | 16 | — | #5,749 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #5,549 | — |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #4,854 | — |
| 1990 | 24 | — | #4,152 | — |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #3,813 | — |
| 1988 | 26 | — | #3,618 | — |
| 1987 | 26 | — | #3,447 | — |
| 1986 | 19 | — | #4,233 | — |
| 1985 | 21 | — | #3,890 | — |
| 1984 | 44 | — | #2,236 | — |
| 1983 | 26 | — | #3,173 | — |
| 1982 | 29 | — | #3,036 | — |
| 1981 | 37 | — | #2,536 | — |
| 1980 | 48 | — | #2,133 | — |
| 1979 | 39 | — | #2,398 | — |
| 1978 | 52 | — | #1,895 | — |
| 1977 | 33 | — | #2,568 | — |
| 1976 | 52 | — | #1,801 | — |
| 1975 | 63 | — | #1,576 | — |
| 1974 | 61 | — | #1,566 | — |
| 1973 | 64 | — | #1,610 | #4,206 |
| 1972 | 59 | — | #1,568 | — |
| 1971 | 91 | — | #1,231 | — |
| 1970 | 79 | — | #1,335 | — |
| 1969 | 70 | — | #1,374 | — |
| 1968 | 71 | — | #1,313 | — |
| 1967 | 63 | — | #1,385 | — |
| 1966 | 67 | — | #1,326 | — |
| 1965 | 84 | — | #1,171 | — |
| 1964 | 76 | — | #1,270 | — |
| 1963 | 88 | — | #1,164 | — |
| 1962 | 85 | — | #1,195 | — |
| 1961 | 98 | — | #1,110 | — |
| 1960 | 96 | — | #1,098 | — |
| 1959 | 114 | — | #991 | — |
| 1958 | 128 | — | #907 | — |
| 1957 | 115 | — | #965 | — |
| 1956 | 130 | — | #875 | — |
| 1955 | 153 | — | #778 | — |
| 1954 | 145 | — | #779 | — |
| 1953 | 157 | — | #727 | — |
| 1952 | 172 | — | #679 | — |
| 1951 | 184 | — | #641 | — |
| 1950 | 185 | — | #619 | — |
| 1949 | 207 | — | #578 | — |
| 1948 | 203 | — | #585 | — |
| 1947 | 227 | — | #565 | — |
| 1946 | 227 | — | #522 | — |
| 1945 | 222 | — | #484 | — |
| 1944 | 200 | — | #511 | — |
| 1943 | 231 | — | #487 | — |
| 1942 | 275 | — | #447 | #3,713 |
| 1941 | 250 | — | #432 | — |
| 1940 | 290 | — | #399 | — |
| 1939 | 288 | — | #393 | — |
| 1938 | 302 | — | #382 | — |
| 1937 | 384 | — | #317 | #3,675 |
| 1936 | 329 | — | #352 | #3,697 |
| 1935 | 388 | — | #320 | — |
| 1934 | 431 | — | #299 | — |
| 1933 | 406 | — | #305 | — |
| 1932 | 417 | — | #311 | — |
| 1931 | 421 | — | #312 | — |
| 1930 | 498 | — | #301 | #2,653 |
| 1929 | 525 | — | #283 | #4,130 |
| 1928 | 529 | — | #284 | — |
| 1927 | 610 | — | #273 | #2,974 |
| 1926 | 652 | — | #262 | #3,212 |
| 1925 | 780 | — | #235 | — |
| 1924 | 773 | — | #238 | #3,333 |
| 1923 | 790 | — | #235 | #2,664 |
| 1922 | 820 | — | #227 | #2,858 |
| 1921 | 848 | — | #220 | — |
| 1920 | 895 | — | #214 | — |
| 1919 | 938 | — | #201 | #2,944 |
| 1918 | 929 | — | #207 | #2,746 |
| 1917 | 902 | — | #203 | #2,605 |
| 1916 | 889 | — | #201 | #2,423 |
| 1915 | 850 | — | #196 | #3,516 |
| 1914 | 726 | — | #184 | — |
| 1913 | 716 | — | #164 | #2,137 |
| 1912 | 666 | — | #161 | — |
| 1911 | 556 | — | #147 | #1,427 |
| 1910 | 572 | — | #143 | — |
| 1909 | 538 | — | #132 | — |
| 1908 | 549 | — | #124 | — |
| 1907 | 578 | — | #115 | — |
| 1906 | 578 | — | #109 | — |
| 1905 | 549 | — | #117 | #1,023 |
| 1904 | 578 | — | #105 | — |
| 1903 | 552 | — | #103 | — |
| 1902 | 664 | — | #92 | #1,044 |
| 1901 | 551 | — | #97 | #980 |
| 1900 | 765 | — | #89 | #707 |
| 1899 | 604 | — | #90 | #879 |
| 1898 | 714 | — | #83 | — |
| 1897 | 698 | — | #79 | — |
| 1896 | 724 | — | #80 | #843 |
| 1895 | 715 | — | #79 | #906 |
| 1894 | 718 | — | #74 | #988 |
| 1893 | 674 | — | #74 | — |
| 1892 | 726 | — | #72 | #1,111 |
| 1891 | 710 | — | #67 | #875 |
| 1890 | 717 | — | #66 | — |
| 1889 | 719 | — | #65 | #736 |
| 1888 | 750 | — | #65 | #956 |
| 1887 | 620 | — | #64 | #976 |
| 1886 | 672 | — | #60 | — |
| 1885 | 613 | — | #59 | — |
| 1884 | 558 | — | #62 | — |
| 1883 | 514 | — | #60 | #745 |
| 1882 | 561 | — | #55 | — |
| 1881 | 463 | — | #56 | — |
| 1880 | 406 | — | #63 | — |