Effy

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Effy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Effy: Recorded every year since 2008, it reached #812 in 2021, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#812highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4524
2009	#2148
2010	#2235
2011	#2432
2012	#2969
2013	#2176
2014	#2314
2015	#1783
2016	#1920
2017	#1371
2018	#1234
2019	#1039
2020	#1164
2021	#812
2022	#1215
2023	#832
2024	#1097

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2008 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4524 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #812 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1097 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Effy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Effy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	15	2 of 10	8
2010s	167	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	173	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 35 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Effy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #812 in England and Wales in 2021.

Effy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1097	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#832	43	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1215	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#812	44	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1164	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1371	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2008 and 2025, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #812, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Efosa · #2964, 11y
Efraim · #730, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Layla-Mae · #813, 18y
Lilla · #798, 21y
Lilyrose · #798, 18y
Meida · #798, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Nansi · #812, 22y
Layla-Mae · #813, 18y
Elwood · #810, 20y
Zephaniah · #814, 25y

Effy was ranked #812 in England and Wales · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Effy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Effy without appearing here.

Effy moved ahead of

Cecilie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2148 and #5556.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2148 and #5556.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2148 and #5556.
Evan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2432 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Effy

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #1893.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1039 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1164 and #460.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #832 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1097 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Effy

Abigail Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Effy went from #4524 to #1097 while Abigail went from #29 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Effy went from #4524 to #1097 while Aimee went from #86 to #1603.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Effy went from #4524 to #1097 while Alex went from #397 to #2253.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Effy went from #4524 to #1097 while Alexandra went from #90 to #215.

Moved the same way as Effy

Ada Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Effy went from #4524 to #1097 and Ada from #699 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Effy went from #4524 to #1097 and Alma from #1247 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Effy went from #4524 to #1097 and Amelia from #9 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Effy went from #4524 to #1097 and Aria from #1135 to #35.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #812 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Effy

Effy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Effy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Effy at a glance

Effy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Effy and the names beside it

Effy moved ahead of

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