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.
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 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 3,784 of them was named Ophelia, which outranked 92.5% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 169,715 of them was named Ophelia, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 565 names at #3,825; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.