Effat
Girl · eh-FAHT · Arabic
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Effat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “chastity, virtue”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Effat mean?
Arabic: Persian-style spelling of Arabic iffat
“chastity, virtue”
Queen Effat of Saudi Arabia, wife of King Faisal, championed girls' education; Effat University in Jeddah bears her name.
- Say it
- eh-FAHT
Is Effat a girl's or a boy's name?
Effat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Effat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Effat, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 2022.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Effat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
Names like Effat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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