How rare is the name Ofelia?

23,765 people in the United States have the first name Ofelia, about 1 in 12,709. It ranks #1,430 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

OFELIA

#1,430

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,765
About
1 in 12,709
This common or more
74.6%
Who bears it

Of the 23,765 people named Ofelia, 88.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.1% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ofelia peaked in 1929, when 154 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1929
Births that year
154
In 2025*
87 ▼44%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,997 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ofelia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,171. The largest share of babies named Ofelia, 22.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#2,49160
1910s#2,366243
1920s#1,2991,057
1930s#1,1711,099
1940s#1,3241,104
1950s#1,5901,109
1960s#2,103740
1970s#2,427684
1980s#2,843661
1990s#3,890576
2000s#4,955564
2010s#5,080579
2020s#3,904521
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4522%
Baby boom 1946–6422.4%
Generation X 1965–8012.3%
Millennials 1981–9611.2%
Generation Z 1997–129.3%
2013 and later10.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ofelia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ofelia has been most common in Texas (7.4×), California (3.4×), and Arizona (2.9×), and least common in Florida (0.24×).

7,000 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ofelia

#1,428 Sterling · 23,791#1,429 Norah · 23,775#1,431 Tiana · 23,698#1,432 Angelique · 23,666

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ofelia, most common first.

#23,382 Ofilia · 419#27,176 Ofelio · 338

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