Given name

Efigenia

Efigenia is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Cebuano.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Efigenia comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Efigenia through the years

Babies since 1880
10
0 boys · 10 girls
Most popular year
1924
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024619401960198020002025Highest share 19240.0
Efigenia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1924–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,025 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Efigenia’s family of names

Efigenia may belong to the same name family as EFFIGENIA. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Efigenia’s family in the name graph

EfigeniaEphigeniaEfigênia

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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