Effie

“Variant of Euphemia — well spoken (from Greek eu 'good' + phemi 'to speak')” — Greek origin

Girl's name · #2245 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Effie was #55 in 1882, slipped to #7180 by 2004, and has climbed back to #2245 today. About 44,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: about 1 in 810 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 1,100 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 2,400 girls in N. Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Effies

Effie Gray — Scottish artist and model (1828-1897)
Effie Achtsioglou — Greek politician
Effie Shannon — American actress (1867-1954)
Effie Ellsler — American actress (1855-1942)
Effie Kapsalis — digital program officer for the Smithsonian Institution

In stories & tradition

Effie Trinket — The Hunger Games
Effie Morales — Power · Power Book II: Ghost
Effie — fictional human

What Effies become

Among 79 notable people named Effie:

Artists & writers appear 1.92× more often than among typical names — e.g. Effie Gray, Scottish artist and model (1828-1897).

Similar names: Georgie · Sofie · Dorothea · Dolly · Lanie · Susie

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