Ofelia

#2,139 for girls in 2025, 87 births · Last seen for boys in 1937 at #3,518
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1934 · 148 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,992
since 1900

Ofelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ofelia has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #533, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,13987
2024#1,895105
2023#2,58868
2022#2,25383
2021#2,05793
2020#2,13585
2019#2,30578
2018#2,41974
2017#2,32079
2016#2,56069
2015#2,96458
2014#3,48645
2013#3,40446
2012#4,21635
2011#3,30349
2010#3,47046
2009#3,29850
2008#2,92360
2007#2,64769
2006#2,97857
2005#2,90256
2004#2,92754
2003#3,08548
2002#2,46764
2001#2,80852
2000#2,70854
1999#2,78249
1998#2,69150
1997#2,65947
1996#2,25359
1995#2,30957
1994#2,32356
1993#2,06866
1992#1,92872
1991#1,91373
1990#2,52347
1989#1,99863
1988#2,18752
1987#1,94458
1986#1,69169
1985#1,71067
1984#1,96152
1983#1,71563
1982#1,70366
1981#1,39688
1980#1,46083
1979#1,71264
1978#1,53772
1977#1,66163
1976#1,38477
1975#1,34280
1974#1,39973
1973#1,52761
1972#1,35374
1971#1,57561
1970#1,59959
1969#1,38569
1968#1,41863
1967#1,46058
1966#1,24175
1965#1,20879
1964#1,22980
1963#1,30571
1962#1,21283
1961#1,30572
1960#1,14790
1959#1,13588
1958#1,003107
1957#1,026104
1956#1,06692
1955#925113
1954#98498
1953#779138
1952#765135
1951#817120
1950#818114
1949#748131
1948#764125
1947#780122
1946#686135
1945#722106
1944#701114
1943#87979
1942#739104
1941#76888
1940#697100
1939#74884
1938#74985
1937#68898#3,5185
1936#70290
1935#660100
1934#533148
1933#616111
1932#655105
1931#578130
1930#568143
1929#550154
1928#604135
1927#687111
1926#627130
1925#586151
1924#78889
1923#77489
1922#80382
1921#94262
1920#1,00554
1919#1,21638
1918#1,16541
1917#1,33730
1916#1,38028
1915#1,62221
1914#1,17527
1913#2,03410
1912#1,14321
1911#1,24114
1910#1,26713
1909#2,2085
1908#1,5478
1907#1,09213
1906#1,22910
1905#1,6966
1904#1,17010
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1900#1,4318
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five girls were named Ofelia! It came in at #1,431, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1903, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ofelia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 244 spots since 2024 (#1,895#2,139)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#2,135#2,139)
  • 825 spots since 2015 (#2,964#2,139)
  • Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1925 (#788#586)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1954 (#779#984)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1934 at #533 (148 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1921–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,056
  • Highest: 1 in 7,056 girls born in 1934 were named Ofelia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,474 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 12.3% of all girls named Ofelia (1,109) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s60#1,092 (1907)#1,482
1910s243#1,143 (1912)#1,358
1920s1,057#550 (1929)#737
1930s1,094#533 (1934)#650
1940s1,104#686 (1946)#748
1950s1,109#765 (1952)#932
1960s740#1,147 (1960)#1,291
1970s684#1,342 (1975)#1,509
1980s661#1,396 (1981)#1,777
1990s576#1,913 (1991)#2,345
2000s564#2,467 (2002)#2,874
2010s579#2,305 (2019)#3,045
2020s521#1,895 (2024)#2,178

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.

Ofelia in 2017

girls
#2,320
79 births · 1 in 21,854 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #2,320Ofelia79
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 21,854 of them was named Ofelia, which outranked 87.4% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ofelia
  1. #2,302Talya80
  2. #2,302Toby80
  3. #2,302Zemira80
  4. #2,320Ofelia79
  5. #2,320Adelle79
  6. #2,320Aminata79
  7. #2,320Ania79
  8. #2,338Adelynne78
  9. #2,338Adrielle78
  10. #2,338Aislyn78

Tied with 17 names at #2,320; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017