Ofelia
Ofelia was given to 87 girls in 2025, #2,148 among girls’ names; 8,997 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,890 Americans named Ofelia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 23 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ofelia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ofelia mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Ofelia is “a female given name, equivalent to English Ophelia”
Possibly borrowed from Italian Ofelia.
/oˈfelja/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ofelia?
#2,148 among girls’ names, 2025
Ofelia rose from #2,993 in 2015 to #2,148 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 32.5 to 54.1 per million.
154 babies in 1929, the peak
Ofelia peaked in 1929, when 154 girls were given it, #550 among girls’ names. The 87 births of 2025 are 56% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #2,148 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,910 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,607 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,271 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,067 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 85 | #2,146 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,322 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 74 | #2,430 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 79 | #2,335 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,586 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 58 | #2,993 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,525 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,446 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,268 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,340 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,502 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,341 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,949 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,674 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 57 | #3,008 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,922 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,950 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,111 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,486 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,835 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,730 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,804 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,716 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,686 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,270 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,329 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,335 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,079 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,937 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,920 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,551 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 63 | #2,013 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,201 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,959 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,708 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,722 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,982 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 63 | #1,727 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 66 | #1,711 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 88 | #1,403 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 83 | #1,468 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,724 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,544 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 63 | #1,675 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 77 | #1,390 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 80 | #1,347 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 73 | #1,409 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,542 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 74 | #1,361 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 61 | #1,582 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,614 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 69 | #1,396 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,428 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 58 | #1,470 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 75 | #1,249 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 79 | #1,216 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 80 | #1,236 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 71 | #1,313 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 83 | #1,216 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,315 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 90 | #1,151 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 88 | #1,138 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 107 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 104 | #1,031 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 92 | #1,074 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 113 | #925 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 98 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 138 | #780 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 135 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 120 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 114 | #819 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 131 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 125 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 122 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 135 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 106 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 114 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 79 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 104 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 88 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 100 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 84 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 85 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 98 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 90 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 100 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 148 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1933 | 111 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 105 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 130 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 143 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 154 | #550 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 135 | #607 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 111 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 130 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 151 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 89 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 89 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 82 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 62 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,233 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,194 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,130 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,169 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,316 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,458 | 0.01 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,643 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,292 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,865 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,226 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,530 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ofelia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ofelia has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 123 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ofelia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ofelia, and how old are they?
5,890 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 8,997 Americans ever recorded as Ofelia. The median Ofelia alive today is 48 years old; half are between 23 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 23,765 people named Ofelia (23,712 women and girls, 53 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,996 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 540 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,540 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,030 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 980 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 831 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 964 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ofelia born?
The states with the most babies named Ofelia are Texas, California and Arizona, with 95% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4,005 | #1,691 | 6.3× |
| California | 2,410 | #1,396 | 3.2× |
| Arizona | 250 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Illinois | 144 | #1,572 | 0.3× |
| New Mexico | 102 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Florida | 57 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Washington | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Colorado | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New York | 10 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Ofelia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ofelia is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 6.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ofelia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 35,254 babies since 1880, Ofelia is the second most given (26% of them). In 2025 it was given to 87 of their 1,270 babies (6.9%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ofelia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ofelia and names like it
- Compare Ofelia and OpheliaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sOfelia peaked in 1929.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ofelia since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Ofelia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1929The year the most babies were named Ofelia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ofelia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.