Meaning not yet researched.
Ophelia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,183 in 2025. Its best rank was #232 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #232 in 1882; #264 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ophelia in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#264 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #232.
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Ophelia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,183 girls in 2025. Peak: #232 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 1,223 (2024).
In 2025, 1,183 US girls were named Ophelia, making it the 264th most common girls’ name of the year, down 5 places from #259 in 2024. That is 40 fewer than the 1,223 girls named Ophelia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #232, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,223, in 2024. For comparison, it was #980 in 2015 and #651 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ophelia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 44 babies with the name. In all, 25,785 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 6,560 babies named Ophelia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,510 US girls were named Ophelia; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 1,223. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,359 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ophelia ranked highest in Montana in 2025, at #117 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ofelia (8,997 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ophilia and Ophelie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Greek. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ophilia (22), Ophelie (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ophelia in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 9 | #117 | — |
| Alaska | 6 | #129 | #222 |
| Oregon | 25 | #138 | — |
| Idaho | 15 | #139 | #429 |
| Iowa | 23 | #144 | — |
| Washington | 45 | #162 | — |
| Nebraska | 14 | #164 | — |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #168 | — |
| West Virginia | 10 | #174 | — |
| Colorado | 34 | #174 | #378 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #176 | — |
| South Dakota | 7 | #182 | — |
| North Dakota | 6 | #187 | — |
| Arizona | 35 | #197 | #1,061 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | #200 | #510 |
| Indiana | 35 | #200 | #1,220 |
| Kansas | 16 | #210 | #604 |
| Michigan | 43 | #214 | #577 |
| Utah | 22 | #217 | — |
| Arkansas | 14 | #225 | — |
| Missouri | 28 | #225 | #725 |
| Minnesota | 25 | #229 | #543 |
| Ohio | 50 | #229 | — |
| Virginia | 35 | #234 | #1,357 |
| Tennessee | 34 | #236 | #1,208 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | #239 | — |
| Illinois | 43 | #247 | #754 |
| Maine | 5 | #250 | — |
| Georgia | 37 | #277 | — |
| Nevada | 10 | #280 | — |
| Kentucky | 16 | #282 | — |
| Alabama | 17 | #293 | — |
| North Carolina | 36 | #309 | #1,065 |
| Florida | 60 | #311 | #1,104 |
| Texas | 108 | #315 | #1,691 |
| Pennsylvania | 34 | #325 | #1,363 |
| South Carolina | 16 | #326 | — |
| Connecticut | 9 | #345 | #490 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | #370 | — |
| Louisiana | 12 | #389 | — |
| New York | 44 | #400 | #1,053 |
| California | 80 | #422 | #1,102 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #491 | #1,320 |
| Maryland | 11 | #498 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,183 | #264 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,223 | #259 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,177 | #265 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,169 | #271 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,014 | #321 | — | — |
| 2020 | 794 | #391 | — | — |
| 2019 | 813 | #385 | — | — |
| 2018 | 839 | #373 | — | — |
| 2017 | 765 | #417 | — | — |
| 2016 | 533 | #582 | — | — |
| 2015 | 276 | #980 | — | — |
| 2014 | 226 | #1,122 | — | — |
| 2013 | 185 | #1,280 | — | — |
| 2012 | 139 | #1,573 | — | — |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,850 | — | — |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,072 | — | — |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,502 | — | — |
| 2008 | 101 | #2,048 | — | — |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,778 | — | — |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,456 | — | — |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,488 | — | — |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,254 | — | — |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,793 | — | — |
| 2002 | 32 | #4,049 | — | — |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,249 | — | — |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,448 | — | — |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,275 | — | — |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,109 | — | — |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,339 | — | — |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,801 | — | — |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,641 | — | — |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,978 | — | — |
| 1993 | 26 | #4,073 | — | — |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,653 | — | — |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,299 | — | — |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,879 | — | — |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,801 | — | — |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,271 | — | — |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,600 | — | — |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,291 | — | — |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,738 | — | — |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,974 | — | — |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,400 | — | — |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,682 | — | — |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,702 | — | — |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,189 | — | — |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,564 | — | — |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,502 | — | — |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,646 | — | — |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,326 | — | — |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,223 | — | — |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,479 | — | — |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,905 | — | — |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,619 | — | — |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,132 | — | — |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,796 | — | — |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,625 | — | — |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,590 | — | — |
| 1967 | 55 | #1,520 | — | — |
| 1966 | 66 | #1,344 | — | — |
| 1965 | 67 | #1,343 | — | — |
| 1964 | 72 | #1,329 | — | — |
| 1963 | 75 | #1,275 | — | — |
| 1962 | 87 | #1,182 | — | — |
| 1961 | 87 | #1,190 | — | — |
| 1960 | 103 | #1,060 | — | — |
| 1959 | 105 | #1,044 | — | — |
| 1958 | 133 | #886 | — | — |
| 1957 | 133 | #886 | — | — |
| 1956 | 121 | #920 | — | — |
| 1955 | 111 | #935 | — | — |
| 1954 | 158 | #737 | — | — |
| 1953 | 159 | #721 | — | — |
| 1952 | 133 | #781 | — | — |
| 1951 | 163 | #685 | — | — |
| 1950 | 172 | #651 | — | — |
| 1949 | 139 | #720 | — | — |
| 1948 | 141 | #706 | — | — |
| 1947 | 146 | #702 | — | — |
| 1946 | 115 | #768 | — | — |
| 1945 | 119 | #685 | — | — |
| 1944 | 140 | #620 | — | — |
| 1943 | 165 | #587 | — | — |
| 1942 | 147 | #619 | — | — |
| 1941 | 131 | #619 | — | — |
| 1940 | 149 | #570 | — | — |
| 1939 | 144 | #562 | — | — |
| 1938 | 167 | #524 | — | — |
| 1937 | 184 | #482 | — | — |
| 1936 | 171 | #493 | — | — |
| 1935 | 186 | #468 | — | — |
| 1934 | 196 | #461 | — | — |
| 1933 | 211 | #445 | — | — |
| 1932 | 237 | #427 | — | — |
| 1931 | 201 | #455 | — | — |
| 1930 | 251 | #416 | — | — |
| 1929 | 255 | #417 | — | — |
| 1928 | 283 | #400 | — | — |
| 1927 | 311 | #387 | 5 | #4,638 |
| 1926 | 314 | #385 | — | — |
| 1925 | 364 | #358 | — | — |
| 1924 | 362 | #360 | 5 | #4,791 |
| 1923 | 323 | #370 | — | — |
| 1922 | 364 | #341 | — | — |
| 1921 | 347 | #353 | — | — |
| 1920 | 353 | #348 | — | — |
| 1919 | 331 | #353 | — | — |
| 1918 | 313 | #366 | — | — |
| 1917 | 285 | #375 | — | — |
| 1916 | 266 | #385 | — | — |
| 1915 | 260 | #376 | 5 | #4,235 |
| 1914 | 224 | #355 | — | — |
| 1913 | 187 | #353 | — | — |
| 1912 | 208 | #317 | — | — |
| 1911 | 129 | #355 | — | — |
| 1910 | 169 | #297 | — | — |
| 1909 | 160 | #284 | — | — |
| 1908 | 124 | #318 | — | — |
| 1907 | 132 | #305 | — | — |
| 1906 | 120 | #307 | — | — |
| 1905 | 125 | #299 | — | — |
| 1904 | 109 | #310 | — | — |
| 1903 | 122 | #286 | — | — |
| 1902 | 95 | #320 | — | — |
| 1901 | 99 | #303 | — | — |
| 1900 | 150 | #268 | — | — |
| 1899 | 112 | #271 | — | — |
| 1898 | 99 | #316 | — | — |
| 1897 | 103 | #280 | — | — |
| 1896 | 79 | #329 | — | — |
| 1895 | 91 | #304 | — | — |
| 1894 | 77 | #320 | — | — |
| 1893 | 89 | #284 | — | — |
| 1892 | 101 | #265 | — | — |
| 1891 | 83 | #273 | — | — |
| 1890 | 65 | #313 | — | — |
| 1889 | 75 | #275 | — | — |
| 1888 | 81 | #258 | — | — |
| 1887 | 70 | #251 | — | — |
| 1886 | 60 | #269 | — | — |
| 1885 | 51 | #278 | — | — |
| 1884 | 61 | #251 | — | — |
| 1883 | 55 | #242 | — | — |
| 1882 | 56 | #232 | — | — |
| 1881 | 27 | #308 | — | — |
| 1880 | 44 | #236 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).