Ofelia
Girl · oh-FEH-lee-a · Greek
Ofelia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “help, benefit”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,139th for girls in the US (87 babies).
What does Ofelia mean?
Greek: Spanish and Italian form of Ophelia
“help, benefit”
Ofelia is the girl drawn into a dark fairy-tale world in Guillermo del Toro's film Pan's Labyrinth (2006).
- Say it
- oh-FEH-lee-a
Is Ofelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Ofelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 87 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ofelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Ofelia, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ofelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Ofelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Ofelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,139among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 87about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 87 girls in the US were named Ofelia, making it the 2,139th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,135th. Its busiest year was 1929, with 154 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Ofelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ofelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #2,139 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,895 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,588 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 85 | #2,135 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,305 |
| 2018 | 74 | #2,419 |
| 2017 | 79 | #2,320 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,923 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,688 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,250 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,304 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,063 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,923 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,907 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,993 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,182 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,943 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,690 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,709 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1983 | 63 | #1,715 |
| 1982 | 66 | #1,703 |
| 1981 | 88 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 83 | #1,460 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,712 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 63 | #1,661 |
| 1976 | 77 | #1,384 |
| 1975 | 80 | #1,342 |
| 1974 | 73 | #1,399 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,527 |
| 1972 | 74 | #1,353 |
| 1971 | 61 | #1,575 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,599 |
| 1969 | 69 | #1,385 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,418 |
| 1967 | 58 | #1,460 |
| 1966 | 75 | #1,241 |
| 1965 | 79 | #1,208 |
| 1964 | 80 | #1,229 |
| 1963 | 71 | #1,305 |
| 1962 | 83 | #1,212 |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,304 |
| 1960 | 90 | #1,146 |
| 1959 | 88 | #1,134 |
| 1958 | 107 | #1,002 |
| 1957 | 104 | #1,025 |
| 1956 | 92 | #1,065 |
| 1955 | 113 | #924 |
| 1954 | 98 | #983 |
| 1953 | 138 | #778 |
| 1952 | 135 | #764 |
| 1951 | 120 | #816 |
| 1950 | 114 | #817 |
| 1949 | 131 | #747 |
| 1948 | 125 | #763 |
| 1947 | 122 | #779 |
| 1946 | 135 | #686 |
| 1945 | 106 | #722 |
| 1944 | 114 | #701 |
| 1943 | 79 | #879 |
| 1942 | 104 | #739 |
| 1941 | 88 | #768 |
| 1940 | 100 | #697 |
| 1939 | 84 | #748 |
| 1938 | 85 | #749 |
| 1937 | 98 | #688 |
| 1936 | 90 | #702 |
| 1935 | 100 | #660 |
| 1934 | 148 | #533 |
| 1933 | 111 | #616 |
| 1932 | 105 | #655 |
| 1931 | 130 | #578 |
| 1930 | 143 | #568 |
| 1929 | 154 | #550 |
| 1928 | 135 | #604 |
| 1927 | 111 | #687 |
| 1926 | 130 | #627 |
| 1925 | 151 | #586 |
| 1924 | 89 | #788 |
| 1923 | 89 | #774 |
| 1922 | 82 | #803 |
| 1921 | 62 | #942 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,005 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,216 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,165 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,337 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,380 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,622 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,175 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,143 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
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