Ophia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ophia

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Ophia between 1891 and 1928, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ophia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ophia performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ophia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ophia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ophia 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 174 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.