Ophelia
#264 for girls in 2025, 1,183 births · Last seen for boys in 1927 at #4,210
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 56 births
- Debut · girls
- 44 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,770since 1880
Ophelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Ophelia has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #264 | 1,183 | — | |
| 2024 | #259 | 1,223 | — | |
| 2023 | #265 | 1,177 | — | |
| 2022 | #271 | 1,169 | — | |
| 2021 | #321 | 1,014 | — | |
| 2020 | #391 | 794 | — | |
| 2019 | #385 | 813 | — | |
| 2018 | #373 | 839 | — | |
| 2017 | #417 | 765 | — | |
| 2016 | #582 | 533 | — | |
| 2015 | #978 | 276 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,121 | 226 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,277 | 185 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,566 | 139 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,840 | 109 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,059 | 96 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,485 | 76 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,042 | 101 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,750 | 66 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,461 | 43 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,704 | 35 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,474 | 35 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,607 | 56 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,107 | 39 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,781 | 50 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,609 | 55 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,337 | 67 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,319 | 72 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,271 | 75 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,177 | 87 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,184 | 87 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,058 | 103 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,036 | 105 | — | |
| 1958 | #883 | 133 | — | |
| 1957 | #885 | 133 | — | |
| 1956 | #914 | 121 | — | |
| 1955 | #932 | 111 | — | |
| 1954 | #736 | 158 | — | |
| 1953 | #719 | 159 | — | |
| 1952 | #775 | 133 | — | |
| 1951 | #683 | 163 | — | |
| 1950 | #650 | 172 | — | |
| 1949 | #719 | 139 | — | |
| 1948 | #705 | 141 | — | |
| 1947 | #701 | 146 | — | |
| 1946 | #767 | 115 | — | |
| 1945 | #680 | 119 | — | |
| 1944 | #620 | 140 | — | |
| 1943 | #586 | 165 | — | |
| 1942 | #616 | 147 | — | |
| 1941 | #616 | 131 | — | |
| 1940 | #568 | 149 | — | |
| 1939 | #558 | 144 | — | |
| 1938 | #523 | 167 | — | |
| 1937 | #481 | 184 | — | |
| 1936 | #493 | 171 | — | |
| 1935 | #467 | 186 | — | |
| 1934 | #461 | 196 | — | |
| 1933 | #443 | 211 | — | |
| 1932 | #427 | 237 | — | |
| 1931 | #454 | 201 | — | |
| 1930 | #414 | 251 | — | |
| 1929 | #416 | 255 | — | |
| 1928 | #400 | 283 | — | |
| 1927 | #386 | 311 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #385 | 314 | — | |
| 1925 | #358 | 364 | — | |
| 1924 | #360 | 362 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #370 | 323 | — | |
| 1922 | #340 | 364 | — | |
| 1921 | #353 | 347 | — | |
| 1920 | #348 | 353 | — | |
| 1919 | #353 | 331 | — | |
| 1918 | #366 | 313 | — | |
| 1917 | #375 | 285 | — | |
| 1916 | #385 | 266 | — | |
| 1915 | #375 | 260 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #355 | 224 | — | |
| 1913 | #351 | 187 | — | |
| 1912 | #317 | 208 | — | |
| 1911 | #353 | 129 | — | |
| 1910 | #297 | 169 | — | |
| 1909 | #282 | 160 | — | |
| 1908 | #316 | 124 | — | |
| 1907 | #305 | 132 | — | |
| 1906 | #305 | 120 | — | |
| 1905 | #299 | 125 | — | |
| 1904 | #308 | 109 | — | |
| 1903 | #285 | 122 | — | |
| 1902 | #319 | 95 | — | |
| 1901 | #302 | 99 | — | |
| 1900 | #267 | 150 | — | |
| 1899 | #270 | 112 | — | |
| 1898 | #315 | 99 | — | |
| 1897 | #278 | 103 | — | |
| 1896 | #326 | 79 | — | |
| 1895 | #303 | 91 | — | |
| 1894 | #318 | 77 | — | |
| 1893 | #280 | 89 | — | |
| 1892 | #264 | 101 | — | |
| 1891 | #271 | 83 | — | |
| 1890 | #312 | 65 | — | |
| 1889 | #275 | 75 | — | |
| 1888 | #255 | 81 | — | |
| 1887 | #251 | 70 | — | |
| 1886 | #269 | 60 | — | |
| 1885 | #275 | 51 | — | |
| 1884 | #247 | 61 | — | |
| 1883 | #241 | 55 | — | |
| 1882 | #230 | 56 | — | |
| 1881 | #301 | 27 | — | |
| 1880 | #233 | 44 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ophelia was already there! It came in at #233, and was given to 44 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1992, when fewer than 25 girls a year got the name.
Where Ophelia is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#376 · 1 in 2,402
- Arkansas#434 · 1 in 3,561
- South Carolina#438 · 1 in 3,799
- Virginia#554 · 1 in 6,765
- North Carolina#564 · 1 in 7,011
Best ever in a state: #53 in Vermont, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #376 | 5 | 1 in 2,402 |
| Arkansas | #434 | 5 | 1 in 3,561 |
| South Carolina | #438 | 7 | 1 in 3,799 |
| Virginia | #554 | 6 | 1 in 6,765 |
| North Carolina | #564 | 7 | 1 in 7,011 |
| Louisiana | #686 | 5 | 1 in 7,929 |
| Georgia | #689 | 5 | 1 in 8,950 |
| Florida | #735 | 5 | 1 in 9,761 |
| Texas | #758 | 13 | 1 in 8,752 |
| Illinois | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 21,676 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ophelia
- 5 spots since 2024 (#259 → #264)
- 127 spots since 2020 (#391 → #264)
- 714 spots since 2015 (#978 → #264)
- Biggest jump: 396 spots in 2016 (#978 → #582)
- Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1955 (#736 → #932)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #230 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 98 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1958
- Highest: 1 in 1,325 girls born in 2024 were named Ophelia (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,359 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- Its best rank, #230 in 1882, was only 1 in 1,926 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.5% of all girls named Ophelia (6,560) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #230 (1882) → #6,067 (2001) → #259 (2024)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 580 | #230 (1882) | #258 |
| 1890s | 899 | #264 (1892) | #294 |
| 1900s | 1,236 | #267 (1900) | #299 |
| 1910s | 2,372 | #297 (1910) | #353 |
| 1920s | 3,276 | #340 (1922) | #372 |
| 1930s | 1,948 | #414 (1930) | #472 |
| 1940s | 1,392 | #568 (1940) | #658 |
| 1950s | 1,388 | #650 (1950) | #821 |
| 1960s | 720 | #1,058 (1960) | #1,337 |
| 1970s | 397 | #1,607 (1972) | #2,191 |
| 1980s | 295 | #2,265 (1986) | #3,203 |
| 1990s | 252 | #3,723 (1996) | #4,209 |
| 2000s | 474 | #2,042 (2008) | #3,741 |
| 2010s | 3,981 | #373 (2018) | #1,060 |
| 2020s | 6,560 | #259 (2024) | #295 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ophelia in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 19,271 of them was named Ophelia, which outranked 85.6% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Petra106
- #1,031Renata106
- #1,031Tania106
- #1,036Ophelia105
- #1,036Adela105
- #1,036Adriana105
- #1,036Becki105
- #1,047Abbie104
- #1,047Alyson104
- #1,047Elnora104
Tied with 10 names at #1,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.