Fun Facts About the Name Ofilia
- 472 babies named Ofilia: U.S. records list 472 babies given the name Ofilia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ofilia Mean?
Ofilia is a spelling variant of the name better known as Ophelia, from the Greek noun ōpheleia (ὠφέλεια), meaning "help," "aid," or "benefit." The related Greek verb ōpheleō means "to help" or "to be of use." The name reached the modern languages by way of Latin and the Romance tongues, which is why the usual Spanish and Italian form is Ofelia - with f rather than the Greek-derived ph of the English form - while Portuguese has Ofélia and French has Ophélie. Ofilia uses that Romance spelling, with a single l and the vowel sequence -ilia, and it carries the same underlying sense of help or benefit rather than a separate etymology of its own.
Ofilia Name History & Origins
The word behind the name is old: ōpheleia is the ordinary classical Greek noun for help or advantage, and it appears in that everyday sense in ancient Greek writing rather than as a personal name. The personal name Ofelia took shape later in Italy and Spain. The name entered English literature in the form Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, written around 1600; that play is the work that made the name familiar to English readers, though it is not the source of the word itself.
From the nineteenth century onward, Ophelia and its Ofelia spelling were used as given names in English-speaking countries and across the Spanish-speaking world. Ofilia belongs to that same family of spellings. Its f and single l place it closer to the Spanish and Italian Ofelia than to the Greek-derived English Ophelia, so it is best understood as a variant spelling of a name that circulates in several European languages rather than as a distinct name with its own separate history. It has remained uncommon compared with Ophelia and Ofelia.
How Popular is the Name Ofilia?
Ofilia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1929. Its best rank was #2,153 in 1934.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | #10,842 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #6,348 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #7,229 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #4,200 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #7,041 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #5,891 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #3,283 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1955 | #5,667 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #3,649 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1953 | #3,415 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1952 | #3,336 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1951 | #3,431 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #4,623 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #4,140 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #2,673 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1947 | #3,638 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1946 | #2,568 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1945 | #3,325 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #2,906 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1943 | #3,195 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1942 | #3,655 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1941 | #2,355 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1940 | #3,147 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1939 | #2,704 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1938 | #3,385 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1937 | #3,363 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #2,652 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1935 | #3,361 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1934 | #2,153 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1933 | #2,825 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1932 | #2,991 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1931 | #3,416 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1930 | #2,274 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1929 | #2,163 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1928 | #2,911 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1927 | #2,815 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1926 | #2,442 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1925 | #2,581 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1924 | #3,314 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1923 | #3,579 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1922 | #3,922 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #4,338 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1920 | #2,851 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1919 | #5,369 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1918 | #5,384 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1917 | #5,120 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1916 | #4,964 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1915 | #4,128 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1912 | #2,565 | 7 | 0.0013% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Ofilia Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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