How rare is the name Ophelia?

9,489 people in the United States have the first name Ophelia, about 1 in 31,830. It ranks #2,553 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

OPHELIA

#2,553

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,489
About
1 in 31,830
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,489 people named Ophelia, 36% reported their origin as White, 28.8% as Black and 21.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ophelia peaked in 2024, when 1,223 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
1,223
In 2025*
1,183 ▼3%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 25,785 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Ophelia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #461. The largest share of babies named Ophelia, 39.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#470580
1890s#463899
1900s#4611,236
1910s#6452,377
1920s#6823,286
1930s#8521,948
1940s#1,1611,392
1950s#1,4201,388
1960s#2,123720
1970s#3,410397
1980s#4,893295
1990s#6,860252
2000s#5,549474
2010s#1,3493,981
2020s#6106,560
Before 19016.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2724.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4512.9%
Baby boom 1946–649.1%
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–961.7%
Generation Z 1997–123.5%
2013 and later39.5%

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 Ophelia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ophelia has been most common in Mississippi (3.3×), Arkansas (3×), and South Carolina (2.8×), and least common in West Virginia (0.23×).

19,508 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 Ophelia

#2,551 Russ · 9,491#2,552 Ulysses · 9,490#2,554 Carmella · 9,487#2,555 Ernestina · 9,458

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