Ophelia

Girl name

Ophelia has been given to 25,785 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2024 and currently ranks #264 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin /ɒˈfiː.lɪə/

Borrowed from Italian Ofelia, coined by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro in his poem Arcadia (1504), probably from the Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleiă, “help, aid, succour”)API. The name was used by William Shakespeare for the daugher of Polonius and ill-fated love interest of Hamlet. The moon (of Uranus) is named after this character. Doublet of anopheles

Origin: Ancient Greek

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

25,785

Peak year

2024 (1,223 babies)

Rank in 2025

#264 for girls

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +329%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

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