Effie comes from the English / Greek tradition, meaning Good Speaker.
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How popular is Effie?
1919peak year
Today, Effie is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2555), with only about 70 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1919, 929 babies were given the name (ranked #201 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1910s. Effie's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 44,412 babies have been registered as Effie since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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