Name profile

Effie

This name is a diminutive of Euphemia.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈɛf.i/
Usage languagesEnglish, Scottish
US rank (2025)#2,239

Meaning and history

Effie is a diminutive of Euphemia and has also been used in Scotland as an Anglicized form of Oighrig.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 23 births, rank #5,709
2007: 25 births, rank #5,526
2008: 29 births, rank #5,013
2009: 33 births, rank #4,482
2010: 28 births, rank #4,974
20112011: 42 births, rank #3,659
2012: 38 births, rank #3,988
2013: 39 births, rank #3,849
2014: 50 births, rank #3,226
2015: 54 births, rank #3,092
20162016: 68 births, rank #2,594
2017: 68 births, rank #2,573
2018: 77 births, rank #2,361
2019: 58 births, rank #2,856
2020: 62 births, rank #2,682
20212021: 83 births, rank #2,233
2022: 73 births, rank #2,463
2023: 91 births, rank #2,107
2024: 73 births, rank #2,462
20252025: 82 births, rank #2,239

Effie moved from #907 to #991 for girls between 1958 and 1959. Its highest annual birth count came in 1919, with 929 births.