Girls' name · since 1982
Bopha
Bopha has 45 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Bopha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 45 have been recorded since 1982.
Bopha has 45 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1993.
- #36,116 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 45 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bopha ranks #36,116 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #36,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Bopha's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bopha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bopha's full recorded timeline at 1986, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bopha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1993
- Peak year (1984)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Bopha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (34 births, 76% of the file).
1980s was Bopha's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Bopha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 34 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Bopha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Bopha
Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bopha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bopha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.