Female name
Ophelia
5,517 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2024. Expression number: 3.
Origin
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”). 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 anophelesFrom Wiktionary, entry “Ophelia”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2024: 645 births. 5,517 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 73rd among girls' names in 2024. It is still given: 2,879 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2024: 1,223 births. 25,785 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It is still given: 5,766 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2,310 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 791 | 1980–2025 | 56th in 2024 |
| Switzerland | 216* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 190 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 143 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
6 + 7 + 8 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 1 = 39 → 3
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
6 + 5 + 9 + 1 = 21 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
7 + 8 + 3 = 18 → 9
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.