Ophelia — #261 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ophelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 24,575 babies named Ophelia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ophelia currently holds the #261 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,215 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ophelia performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 5,365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ophelia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,920 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Ophelia in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ophelia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 24,575 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.