# Effie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/effie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛfi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 44,497 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 241 / 44,256 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,690, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 3,680 |
| 2012 | 38 | 4,006 |
| 2013 | 39 | 3,871 |
| 2014 | 50 | 3,241 |
| 2015 | 54 | 3,099 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,603 |
| 2017 | 68 | 2,579 |
| 2018 | 77 | 2,367 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,866 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,693 |
| 2021 | 83 | 2,235 |
| 2022 | 73 | 2,470 |
| 2023 | 91 | 2,113 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,468 |
| 2025 | 82 | 2,245 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 11 | 2,423 |
| 1917 | 10 | 2,605 |
| 1918 | 10 | 2,746 |
| 1919 | 9 | 2,944 |
| 1922 | 10 | 2,858 |
| 1923 | 11 | 2,664 |
| 1924 | 8 | 3,333 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,212 |
| 1927 | 9 | 2,974 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,130 |
| 1930 | 10 | 2,653 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,697 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,675 |
| 1942 | 5 | 3,713 |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,206 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 63 | 635 |
| 2012 | 68 | 614 |
| 2013 | 82 | 509 |
| 2014 | 123 | 365 |
| 2015 | 138 | 343 |
| 2016 | 146 | 335 |
| 2017 | 134 | 350 |
| 2018 | 213 | 236 |
| 2019 | 155 | 308 |
| 2020 | 242 | 204 |
| 2021 | 254 | 201 |
| 2022 | 187 | 254 |
| 2023 | 239 | 206 |
| 2024 | 213 | 224 |
| 2025 | 227 | 210 |

## People named Effie

- Effie Shannon, American actress (1867-1954)
- Effie Ellsler, American actress (1855-1942)
- Effie Bancroft, British actress and manager (1840–1921)
- Effie Kapsalis, digital program officer for the Smithsonian Institution

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.