Ofelia
Ofelia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 105 births. Its best rank was 533rd, in 1934.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1050.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1929154 births
- Best rank
- #533in 1934
- Since 1900
- 8,905people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,905 girls have been named Ofelia in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1929, with 154 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1957, and the 1950s alone account for 12%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ofelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 60 | |
| 1910s | 243 | |
| 1920s | 1,057 | |
| 1930s | 1,094 | |
| 1940s | 1,104 | |
| 1950s | 1,109 | |
| 1960s | 740 | |
| 1970s | 684 | |
| 1980s | 661 | |
| 1990s | 576 | |
| 2000s | 564 | |
| 2010s | 579 | |
| 2020s | 434 |
In 1929, its biggest year
Ofelia was the 550th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1929 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1929.
Names that rose and fell with Ofelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marvellapeak 1927
- Enedinapeak 1927
- Veliapeak 1929
- Ernestinapeak 1947
- Elidapeak 1946
- Ninfapeak 1928
- Romeliapeak 1954
- Beliapeak 1931
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.