Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ophelia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ophelia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ophelia” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ophelia” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ophelia” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ophelia” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ophelia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ophelia” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 44 0.00021838 44 100%
1881 27 0.000140123 27 100%
1882 56 0.000252784 56 100%
1883 55 0.000253519 55 100%
1884 61 0.000250553 61 100%
1885 51 0.000211747 51 100%
1886 60 0.000235003 60 100%
1887 70 0.000282952 70 100%
1888 81 0.000270474 81 100%
1889 75 0.000259564 75 100%
1890 65 0.00021566 65 100%
1891 83 0.000289528 83 100%
1892 101 0.000302057 101 100%
1893 89 0.000273658 89 100%
1894 77 0.000227347 77 100%
1895 91 0.000259244 91 100%
1896 79 0.000220989 79 100%
1897 103 0.000296867 103 100%
1898 99 0.000259533 99 100%
1899 112 0.000330156 112 100%
1900 150 0.000333142 150 100%
1901 99 0.000286283 99 100%
1902 95 0.000245648 95 100%
1903 122 0.000320042 122 100%
1904 109 0.000270146 109 100%
1905 125 0.000294866 125 100%
1906 120 0.000280079 120 100%
1907 132 0.000283633 132 100%
1908 124 0.000253761 124 100%
1909 160 0.000312974 160 100%
1910 169 0.000286096 169 100%
1911 129 0.000200224 129 100%
1912 208 0.000210513 208 100%
1913 187 0.000164452 187 100%
1914 224 0.000158154 224 100%
1915 265 0.000144617 260 5 96%
1916 266 0.000137509 266 100%
1917 285 0.000142021 285 100%
1918 313 0.000144166 313 100%
1919 331 0.000156854 331 100%
1920 353 0.000156012 353 100%
1921 347 0.00014864 347 100%
1922 364 0.000159011 364 100%
1923 323 0.000140283 323 100%
1924 367 0.000154097 362 5 97%
1925 364 0.000156002 364 100%
1926 314 0.000136765 314 100%
1927 316 0.000136245 311 5 97%
1928 283 0.000125169 283 100%
1929 255 0.000116324 255 100%
1930 251 0.000112896 251 100%
1931 201 0.000095515 201 100%
1932 237 0.000112254 237 100%
1933 211 0.000105529 211 100%
1934 196 0.000094375 196 100%
1935 186 0.000088999 186 100%
1936 171 0.000082307 171 100%
1937 184 0.000086358 184 100%
1938 167 0.000075478 167 100%
1939 144 0.000065352 144 100%
1940 149 0.000064707 149 100%
1941 131 0.000053767 131 100%
1942 147 0.00005381 147 100%
1943 165 0.000058458 165 100%
1944 140 0.000052043 140 100%
1945 119 0.000044856 119 100%
1946 115 0.00003599 115 100%
1947 146 0.000040529 146 100%
1948 141 0.00004084 141 100%
1949 139 0.000039888 139 100%
1950 172 0.000049096 172 100%
1951 164 0.00004452 164 100%
1952 133 0.000035018 133 100%
1953 159 0.00004126 159 100%
1954 158 0.000039691 158 100%
1955 111 0.000027646 111 100%
1956 122 0.00002959 122 100%
1957 132 0.000031413 132 100%
1958 133 0.000032173 133 100%
1959 105 0.000025253 105 100%
1960 103 0.000024796 103 100%
1961 87 0.000021003 87 100%
1962 87 0.000021559 87 100%
1963 75 0.000018948 75 100%
1964 72 0.00001852 72 100%
1965 67 0.00001848 67 100%
1966 66 0.000018989 66 100%
1967 55 0.000016201 55 100%
1968 53 0.000015688 53 100%
1969 55 0.000015826 55 100%
1970 49 0.000013587 49 100%
1971 39 0.000011362 39 100%
1972 56 0.000017817 56 100%
1973 44 0.000014585 44 100%
1974 31 0.000010197 31 100%
1975 38 0.000012585 38 100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 100%
1977 32 0.000010074 32 100%
1978 35 0.000011028 35 100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 100%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 100%
1981 34 0.000009828 34 100%
1982 35 0.000009977 35 100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 100%
1984 30 0.000008599 30 100%
1985 35 0.000009806 35 100%
1986 45 0.000012651 45 100%
1987 25 0.000006934 25 100%
1988 21 0.000005683 21 100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 100%
1990 27 0.000006831 27 100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 100%
1996 29 0.000007951 29 100%
1997 25 0.000006895 25 100%
1998 28 0.000007612 28 100%
1999 27 0.000007309 27 100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 100%
2002 32 0.00000856 32 100%
2003 37 0.000009731 37 100%
2004 33 0.000008637 33 100%
2005 43 0.000011184 43 100%
2006 47 0.00001188 47 100%
2007 66 0.00001651 66 100%
2008 101 0.000025695 101 100%
2009 76 0.000019894 76 100%
2010 96 0.000025976 96 100%
2011 109 0.000029799 109 100%
2012 139 0.000038005 139 100%
2013 185 0.000050745 185 100%
2014 226 0.000060976 226 100%
2015 276 0.000074576 276 100%
2016 533 0.000145283 533 100%
2017 765 0.000213915 765 100%
2018 839 0.00023863 839 100%
2019 813 0.000234231 813 100%
2020 794 0.000237683 794 100%
2021 1013 0.000299001 1013 100%
2022 1167 0.000344946 1167 100%
2023 1176 0.000355159 1176 100%
2024 1215 0.000365029 1215 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Ophelia:

  1. Opalene
  2. Opaline
  3. Opel
  4. Opeyemi
  5. Opha
  6. Ophelia (this page)
  7. Ophelie
  8. Ophia
  9. Ophie
  10. Ophilia
  11. Ophir