girl's name

Opheline

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 315

Opheline is a girl's name. In 2011 it was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 1997, when 35 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1989.

Opheline over time

Births per decade in France, 1980s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

145
'80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Opheline by decade in France
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 145
2000s 115
2010s (to 2011) 50

How popular is Opheline?

In 2011, Opheline was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Opheline is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Ophéline Ophéline is a rare spelling of Opheline, written with an acute accent and recorded about 60 times, mostly in France. 60

Names that peaked alongside Opheline

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Opheline also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Opheline over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Opheline

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Opheline — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Opheline

Is Opheline a girl's or a boy's name?

Opheline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Opheline most popular?

Opheline peaked in 1997, when 35 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.