Offie

Last seen for girls in 1951 at #5,414 · Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,993
Given to boys 67.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1896 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
151
since 1896

Offie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #1,416, 1896peak #900, 1896girlsboys
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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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1936#3,5495
1935#2,5299
1934#2,5639
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1932#2,6389
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1930#3,5926
1929#2,9808
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1927#4,2105
1926#2,9049
1925#3,11610
1924#4,4346#4,3475
1923#4,3766
1922#2,48612
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1919#3,8177#3,3917
1918#3,3687
1917#3,9815
1916#2,83310#2,9268
1915#3,1348#3,0827
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1913#2,8215
1912#2,6346
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1907#1,5128
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five boys were named Offie! It came in at #900, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Offie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1957
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1896 at #900 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,081
  • Highest: 1 in 17,081 boys born in 1896 were named Offie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 431,447 boys born in 1957 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 29.8% of all boys named Offie (45) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1957
  • Mostly girls until 1956, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#900 (1896)#900
1900s0
1910s39#2,821 (1913)#3,262
1920s39#2,486 (1922)#3,385
1930s45#2,529 (1935)#2,957
1940s16#3,370 (1947)#3,445
1950s5#3,993 (1957)#3,993

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Offie in 1896

girls
#1,416
6 births · 1 in 39,653 girls
boys
#900
7 births · 1 in 17,081 boys

Top girls' names in 1896

  1. #1Mary13,811
  2. #2Anna5,860
  3. #3Helen4,392
  4. #4Margaret4,050
  5. #5Ruth3,905
  6. #6Ethel3,502
  7. #7Elizabeth3,471
  8. #8Florence3,323
  9. #9Marie3,087
  10. #10Emma2,872
  11. #1,416Offie6

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #900Offie7
More about 1896

girls

237,918 girls got a published name in 1896; 1 in 39,653 of them was named Offie, which outranked 22.4% of the 1,825 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Offie
  1. #1,292Zela7
  2. #1,292Zelia7
  3. #1,292Zelpha7
  4. #1,416Offie6
  5. #1,416Abby6
  6. #1,416Aleda6
  7. #1,416Alexina6
  8. #1,583Adel5
  9. #1,583Adline5
  10. #1,583Adra5

Tied with 166 names at #1,416; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. 749Jeanie#1,592#843
  2. 698Vernice#1,426#728
  3. 689Buena#1,592#903
  4. 689Odell#1,592#903
  5. 642Albertina#1,592#950
Fallers
  1. 858Theodosia#725#1,583
  2. 794Dagmar#622#1,416
  3. 725Carl#858#1,583
  4. 691Palma#725#1,416
  5. 690Adline#893#1,583

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

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 17,081 of them was named Offie, which outranked 28.9% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Offie
  1. #826Wellington8
  2. #826Wilton8
  3. #826Wong8
  4. #900Offie7
  5. #900Agnes7
  6. #900Alford7
  7. #900Aloys7
  8. #982Acy6
  9. #982Almer6
  10. #982Alpha6

Tied with 81 names at #900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. 533Hobert#795#262
  2. 528Cicero#1,079#551
  3. 528Earley#1,079#551
  4. 516Tomas#978#462
  5. 492Bryant#872#380
Fallers
  1. 572Talmage#529#1,101
  2. 545Bernie#556#1,101
  3. 545Mathias#556#1,101
  4. 522Orlando#579#1,101
  5. 522Rogers#579#1,101

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

See the top 100 for 1896