Oprah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oprah

The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Oprah between 1986 and 2007, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oprah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oprah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Oprah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Oprah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oprah 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 99 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.