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Ofa

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Love

Ofa has been given to 60 babies in the U.S. since 1922. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% girls, 8% boys all-time.

Babies named Ofa, 2023

1 in 552,000

Ofa over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ofa over time

In 2023, Ofa went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19222023

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ofa: meaning, origin, and history

Love

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ofa means

Ofa means “love”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ofa is used in Tongan.

Origin, language, and formation

Ofa is used in Old English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old English, Ofa is pronounced /ˈo.fɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 55 girls were recorded with the name Ofa between 1922 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1993; its best national rank was #4,872 in 1922.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Ofa between 2005 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2005; its best national rank was #12,811 in 2005.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ofa?

Ofa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 552,000
6 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only
1 in 267,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
382,940 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ofa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,940 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ofa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ofas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ofa was born before 1993 — so the typical Ofa is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
29.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
43.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
49
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1980s — 29.1% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Ofa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1993 (9)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Not enough data
Too few years
Best rank ever
#4,872
1922

Ofa around the world

Where Ofa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    2007–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ofa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#4,872
1922
Peak year
1993
9 that year
First recorded
1922
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
55
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,811
2005
Peak year
2005
5 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Sibling names for Ofa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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