Girls' name · since 1915

Ophilia

22 babies named Ophilia in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#44,933 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,020 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
22
born since 1915
1910s
peak decade

Ophilia currently ranks #12020 among girls' names in America, with 22 babies recorded since 1915.

Ophilia has 22 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12020 as of the latest data, more common than 31% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.

  • #44,933 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,020 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 22 born since 1915
  • 1910s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ophilia ranks #44,933 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,020 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 22 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.

#44,933 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,020 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
22
born since 1915
1910s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%30.5%
Ophilia vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ophilia's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Ophilia compares

22 8th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Ophilia's all-time total is 94% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ophilia Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 22 376 567,345
Peak-year births 8 21 19,840

Ophilia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Ophilia's full recorded timeline at 1918, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Ophilia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1915)
8
Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
6.577.588.5 191519182025 7

Ophilia by decade

1910s is the heaviest window (15 births, 68% of the file).

1910s was Ophilia's strongest decade.

15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.

Ophilia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1910s at 15 births (68% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ophilia?
Since 1915, Social Security records show 22 babies named Ophilia. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #44,933 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #12,020 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 1915, with 8 births.
Where does Ophilia sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ophilia ranks #44,933 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,020 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ophilia most popular?
Ophilia was most popular in the 1910s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Ophilia been used?
Records for Ophilia go back to 1915, giving 111 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Ophilia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ophelia, Opha, Ophia, Ophie, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Ophilia's data

  • Ophilia's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2020s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Ophilia

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ophilia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1915–2025 (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 Ophilia 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.