Oprah

Popularity Trends

The name Oprah is the #7,640 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 99 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,617 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 99 births since 1986.

Oprah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (first recorded for girls in 1986). Birth data for Oprah is available in 7 out of the 22 years between 1986 and 2007. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Oprah reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #770) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oprah".

1986 2007 19862007

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1987

First Recorded

1986

Peak Percentile

4.0%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#770

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Oprah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Oprah.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Oprah's popularity from 1983 to 2010 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Oprah at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Oprah range from Cordarrell at 93.9% correlation to Tetsuya at 88.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 90.5%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Cordero with 1.8K births (99% boys) and the least popular is Tetsuya with 12 births (100% boys).

Oprah's share of births peaked at 19.7 births per million for girls in 1987. It reached its lowest point of 3.3 births per million (17% of peak) in 2007. In 2007, the most recent period with data, the name Oprah had 3.3 births per million, 17% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Cordarrell

93.95% (very strong)

Fashionette

93.20% (very strong)

Cordarro

105

91.33% (very strong)

Cordaryl

181

90.89% (very strong)

Cordara

90.86% (very strong)

Cordaro

491

90.20% (very strong)

Cordero

1,790

90.05% (very strong)

Jeree

207

90.00% (very strong)

Helsea

89.35% (very strong)

Ramen

88.97% (very strong)

Cordarryl

157

88.78% (very strong)

Tetsuya

88.47% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Oprah

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Oprah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Oprah is pronounced as OH-pruh, which has 2 syllables.

OH-pruh

100.0%

OH-pruh (2 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

OW1 P R AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like OW1 P R AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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