Effie

Girl name

Effie has been given to 44,497 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1919.

Meaning & origin /ˈɛfi/

From Euphemia +&lrm; -ie, or, very rarely, from modern Greek Eftychia or Euthemia (diminutive form).

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

44,497

Peak year

1919 (938 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +52%

Gender split

99% girls / 1% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Effie.

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