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Effie

Gender
Girl
Say it
EF-ee
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#212 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,239 for girls

Effie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “well-spoken”. In 2025 it ranked 212th for girls in the UK (252 babies) and 2,239th for girls in the US (82 babies).

What does Effie mean?

Greek: pet form of Euphemia

“well-spoken”

A pet form of Euphemia, long used in Scotland.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Effie a girl's or a boy's name?

Effie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 252 girls in the UK and 82 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Effie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
212th among girls
Babies in 2025
252 about 1 in 1,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 13% in five years
Same name in a class
1.3% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 252 girls in the UK were named Effie, making it the 212th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 202nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 276 girls.

Half of all the girls named Effie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 297 girls in the UK were given Effie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #202, up from #212 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 210th in England and Wales, 183rd in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 276 in 20212025
Effie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025252#212
2024228#229
2023265#207
2022215#238
2021276#205
2020267#202
2019169#310
2018224#246
2017143#356
2016156#344
2015148#346
2014131#378
201385#542
201270#643
201169#636
201064#658
200938#947
200825#1,258
200711#2,198
200610#2,263
20058#2,555
20047#2,669
200312#1,730
20027#2,436
20016#2,587
20007#2,304
19995#2,912
19984#3,310
19977#2,281
19969#1,862

How popular is Effie in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,239th among girls
Babies in 2025
82 about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 82 girls in the US were named Effie, making it the 2,239th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 1919, with 929 girls.

Half of all the girls named Effie in the US since 1880 were born between 1897 and 1929. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1880Busiest: 929 in 19192025
Effie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202582#2,239
202473#2,462
202391#2,107
202273#2,463
202183#2,233
202062#2,682
201958#2,856
201877#2,361
201768#2,573
201668#2,594
201554#3,092
201450#3,224
201339#3,847
201238#3,987
201142#3,658
201028#4,972
200933#4,481
200829#5,011
200725#5,523
200623#5,708
200524#5,261
200416#7,072
200318#6,294
200217#6,386
200117#6,317
200018#5,932
199916#6,185
199815#6,355
199718#5,413
199618#5,275
199518#5,216
199413#6,666
199316#5,667
199217#5,477
199120#4,802
199024#4,115
198926#3,778
198826#3,580
198726#3,421
198619#4,184
198521#3,851
198444#2,226
198326#3,150
198229#3,016
198137#2,529
198048#2,128
197939#2,387
197852#1,893
197733#2,557
197652#1,794
197563#1,571
197461#1,563
197357#1,607
197259#1,565
197191#1,228
197079#1,330
196970#1,370
196871#1,311
196763#1,382
196667#1,320
196584#1,168
196476#1,265
196388#1,163
196285#1,192
196198#1,108
196096#1,096
1959114#990
1958128#905
1957115#964
1956130#874
1955153#774
1954145#776
1953157#723
1952172#677
1951184#638
1950185#618
1949207#577
1948203#584
1947227#564
1946227#522
1945222#484
1944200#511
1943231#487
1942270#447
1941250#432
1940290#399
1939288#392
1938302#382
1937379#317
1936324#352
1935388#320
1934431#299
1933406#305
1932417#311
1931421#312
1930488#301
1929520#283
1928529#284
1927601#272
1926644#262
1925780#235
1924765#238
1923779#235
1922810#227
1921848#220
1920895#214
1919929#201
1918919#207
1917892#203
1916878#201
1915844#196
1914726#184
1913708#164
1912666#161
1911549#147
1910572#143
1909538#132
1908549#123
1907578#115
1906578#109
1905542#117
1904578#105
1903552#103
1902658#92
1901545#97
1900752#89
1899597#90
1898714#83
1897698#79
1896716#80
1895708#79
1894712#74
1893674#74
1892721#72
1891704#67
1890717#66
1889711#65
1888744#65
1887615#64
1886672#60
1885613#59
1884558#62
1883507#60
1882561#55
1881463#56
1880406#63

Names like Effie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elsie, Lottie, Nellie, Winnie, Hattie, Annie, Etta, Georgie, Maggie, Frankie, Rosie, Cleo

Other spellings of Effie

Effy, Effi

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Effie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/effie, updated 20 October 2026.