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Eppie

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Diminutive of Euphemia

Eppie has been given to 289 babies in the U.S. since 1886. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1922, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.

Babies named Eppie, 1970

1 in 601,000

Eppie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Eppie over time

In 1970, Eppie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18861970

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Eppie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Euphemia

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eppie means

Eppie is a diminutive of Euphemia.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Eppie is used in English (Archaic).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛp.i/ for Eppie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Eppie → Euphemia. The family’s meaning is “good + repute”, recorded in English with the source elements εὐ- and φήμη.

Origin, language, and formation

Eppie is used in English and Dutch.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Euphemia, Hephzibah and Ep.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 245 girls were recorded with the name Eppie between 1886 and 1970. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1922; its best national rank was #976 in 1887.

In the United States, 44 boys were recorded with the name Eppie between 1914 and 1966. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1950; its best national rank was #2,847 in 1950.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Eppie?

Eppie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1970
1 in 601,000
6 of 3,606,302 births
Among girls only
1 in 291,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1970
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
416,617 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Eppie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1970 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 416,617 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eppie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eppies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eppie was born before 1921 — so the typical Eppie is around 104 today.

Median birth year
1921
About 104 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
24.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
9.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
24
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1920s — 24.5% of all recorded uses (60).

Is Eppie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1922 (12)
Years since peak
103
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#976
1887

Spellings of Eppie

Eppie is not the most common spelling — Elsie is, with 42.4% against Eppie's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Eppie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Eppie was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 193,744 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Eppie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Eppie around the world

Where Eppie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2015
    #5,730
    in 2015
  • Ireland
    2008–2013
    #747
    in 2013
  • South Australia
    1977–1977
    #637
    in 1977

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Eppie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#976
1887
Peak year
1922
12 that year
First recorded
1886
Last recorded
1970
All-time count
245
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,847
1950
Peak year
1950
8 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
1966
All-time count
44
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Eppie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Eppie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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