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Ofelia

Feminine · “help”

Ofelia is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 8,992 girls against 5 boys since 1880.

1900high 1925
#2139 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare87 girls in 2025

Ofelia is Ophelia — a name Shakespeare took from an Italian pastoral, built on the Greek for help.

How old is the name Ofelia?

Ofelia first appears in US birth records in 1900 — 125 years ago. The typical Ofelia alive today was born around 1958, making them about 67 years old. About 6,100 people named Ofelia are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Ofelia most popular?

Ofelia peaked in 1934, reaching #533 nationally. Today it ranks #2139, 1,606 places below that high. See the whole 1934 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Ofelia

Sannazaro's Arcadia gives the name to a shepherd, and Shakespeare made it Hamlet's Ophelia — mad, garlanded and drowned. Spanish and Italian use Ofelia, and it is common across Latin America. It appears in American records in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

help, aid

Generally from the Greek ophelos, 'help' or 'advantage'. The name first appears in Sannazaro's Arcadia of 1504, where it may have been coined rather than inherited. Shakespeare took it from there. The Greek root is likely; the coinage means the descent is not straightforward.

How the name formed

  1. ophelos
  2. Ophelia
  3. Ofelia

Related forms: Ofelia · Ofelia · Ophelia

Pronouncing Ofelia

oh-FEH-lyah

Three syllables, stress in the middle. English Ophelia is oh-FEEL-ee-uh with four.

Nicknames for Ofelia

Moderate

OfeThe front of the name, warm and used in Spanish-speaking families
LiaThe back of the name, and a name in its own right across Europe
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1900–20251517601518719002025

US babies named Ofelia per year from 1900 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#5331900s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1900
Most girls named
1925151 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#533reached in 1934
Change vs 2023
+27.9%87 in 2025, from 68
Ofelia sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1925, with 151 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Ofelia in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Ofelia in Spanish — same name
  • Ofelia in Italian — same name
  • Ophelia in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Illinois.

Ofelias among us

6,100

people named Ofelia are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 18,474 born in 2025 was named Ofelia

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Ofelia

#2139
Ofelia on the 2025 chart
#255
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ofelia went to 87 girls in 2025, but Ophelia is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 1,270, which makes it the 255th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,884 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 1,266 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 18,474 for Ofelia itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Antonette test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ofelia's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Antonette climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Antonette's path sketches the road Ofelia is walking now.

40%chance Ofelia will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Ofelia, aligned on its peakAntonette· peak 1915not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+70 yrsAntonette · #1571Ofelia today
Ofelia today is about where Antonette stood in 2006 — 91 years past a #531-sized peak. By 2021, Antonette had settled around #12109.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Ofelia sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Ofelia is headed

19002030

US babies named Ofelia per year, 1900 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Ofelia should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+7% by 2030projected around #2,146 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Ofelia beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Ofelia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Ofeliathis name87#2139Amiracle87#2139Sianna87#2139Rihanna87#2139Sabine87#2139

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the name may have been invented in a 1504 pastoral is a first-rate history.
  • The help meaning is transparent where the Greek route holds.
  • Lia is available as a short form with a real record.
What to consider
  • The Shakespearean bearer drowns after going mad.
  • Ophelia is the standard English spelling.
  • The origin is not fully settled.

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Frequently asked

How many Ofelias are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,100 people named Ofelia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Ofelia?
Ofelia is one of 2 recorded spellings. Ophelia is the more common one — 1,183 births in 2025 against 87 for Ofelia.
How popular is the name Ofelia in 2025?
Ofelia ranks #2139 among US girl names in 2025, with 87 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Ofelia?
About 1 in every 18,474 US girls born in 2025 was named Ofelia — 87 in all.
Will my child share the name Ofelia with classmates?
Ofelia will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Ofelia

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Amiracle#2139 · Sianna#2139 · Rihanna#2139 · Sabine#2139 · Isabell#2139 · Alizah#2139 · Lizzie#2139 · Navya#2139

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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