Effa

Girl · recorded 1880–1944

  • 1944last recorded
  • 1880best year

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

Last recorded in 1944. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Effa.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

06112118801896191219281944

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 37 recorded years as a table
Effa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880121
188176
188265
188398
1884109
1885105
188648
188890
1889112
189063
189175
189261
189333
189436
189521
189625
189831
189926
190020
190219
190319
190830
191411
19156
19167
19178
19185
19195
19205
19215
19224
19248
19256
19266
19274
19424
19445

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Effa isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1944
7
Rank in 1944
#3,687
How rare
1 in 189,603 girls
Since 1880
312

Effa was last recorded in 1944. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1880, at 121 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Effa doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.