Effie

Boy · recorded 1883–1973

  • 1973last recorded
  • 1900best year

Most popular in 1900.

Last recorded in 1973. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Effie.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1883

0438618831906192819511973

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 32 recorded years as a table
Effie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188367
188749
188850
188972
189159
189241
189452
189560
189667
189966
190086
190156
190249
190553
191131
191316
19157
191612
191711
191810
19199
19229
192310
19247
19267
19278
19295
19309
19365
19375
19424
19734

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Effie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1973
7
Rank in 1973
#4,054
How rare
1 in 222,653 boys
Since 1883
241

Effie was last recorded in 1973. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1900, at 86 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Effie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.