Meaning not yet researched.
Opal: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 740 in 2025. Its best rank was #81 in 1911.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #81 in 1911; #423 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Opal in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#423 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1911, at #81.
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Opal: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 740 girls in 2025. Peak: #81 in 1911 · most girls in one year: 2,847 (1918).
In 2025, 740 US girls were named Opal, making it the 423rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 26 places from #449 in 2024. That is 44 more than the 696 girls named Opal in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #81, reached in 1911. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,847, in 1918. For comparison, it was #1,110 in 2015 and #585 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Opal in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 5 babies with the name. In all, 74,257 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 1.0% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 21,797 babies named Opal.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,015 US girls were named Opal; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 740. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,172 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Opal ranked highest in Montana in 2025, at #99 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Opel are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Opel (277).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Opal in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 10 | #99 | — |
| Alaska | 7 | #104 | — |
| Oregon | 27 | #127 | #275 |
| Idaho | 15 | #138 | #428 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #153 | — |
| Arkansas | 19 | #161 | — |
| Utah | 26 | #177 | #697 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #200 | — |
| Maine | 6 | #201 | — |
| Nebraska | 11 | #221 | — |
| Iowa | 16 | #221 | #579 |
| Washington | 32 | #229 | #385 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #241 | — |
| Kentucky | 19 | #242 | — |
| Kansas | 13 | #251 | — |
| Missouri | 25 | #253 | #665 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #261 | — |
| Tennessee | 28 | #278 | — |
| Indiana | 24 | #304 | #667 |
| Wisconsin | 17 | #323 | — |
| Minnesota | 18 | #325 | #975 |
| Michigan | 28 | #326 | #654 |
| Alabama | 14 | #358 | — |
| Colorado | 17 | #367 | #353 |
| Ohio | 31 | #370 | — |
| Virginia | 22 | #372 | — |
| North Carolina | 27 | #422 | — |
| Arizona | 15 | #470 | — |
| South Carolina | 9 | #553 | — |
| Illinois | 18 | #564 | #1,603 |
| Florida | 31 | #579 | #2,022 |
| Nevada | 5 | #584 | — |
| Louisiana | 8 | #585 | — |
| Maryland | 9 | #590 | — |
| California | 45 | #694 | #1,372 |
| Georgia | 15 | #705 | #1,284 |
| Texas | 41 | #738 | #1,453 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #752 | #1,362 |
| New York | 15 | #1,015 | #1,580 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 740 | #423 | — | — |
| 2024 | 696 | #449 | — | — |
| 2023 | 631 | #486 | — | — |
| 2022 | 595 | #525 | — | — |
| 2021 | 562 | #545 | — | — |
| 2020 | 445 | #649 | — | — |
| 2019 | 427 | #683 | — | — |
| 2018 | 337 | #809 | — | — |
| 2017 | 321 | #849 | — | — |
| 2016 | 261 | #1,016 | — | — |
| 2015 | 233 | #1,110 | — | — |
| 2014 | 183 | #1,304 | — | — |
| 2013 | 125 | #1,687 | — | — |
| 2012 | 105 | #1,909 | — | — |
| 2011 | 93 | #2,084 | — | — |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,336 | — | — |
| 2009 | 77 | #2,480 | — | — |
| 2008 | 87 | #2,264 | — | — |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,675 | — | — |
| 2006 | 79 | #2,390 | — | — |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,569 | — | — |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,733 | — | — |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,641 | — | — |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,577 | — | — |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,687 | — | — |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,959 | — | — |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,693 | — | — |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,210 | — | — |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,348 | — | — |
| 1996 | 27 | #4,026 | — | — |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,969 | — | — |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,761 | — | — |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,334 | — | — |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,754 | — | — |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,514 | — | — |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,131 | — | — |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,971 | — | — |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,287 | — | — |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,089 | — | — |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,997 | — | — |
| 1985 | 49 | #2,160 | — | — |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,072 | — | — |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,986 | — | — |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,914 | — | — |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,780 | — | — |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,744 | — | — |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,512 | — | — |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,565 | — | — |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,652 | — | — |
| 1976 | 82 | #1,326 | — | — |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,555 | — | — |
| 1974 | 73 | #1,410 | — | — |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,505 | — | — |
| 1972 | 64 | #1,500 | — | — |
| 1971 | 80 | #1,344 | — | — |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,523 | — | — |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,367 | — | — |
| 1968 | 74 | #1,287 | — | — |
| 1967 | 74 | #1,250 | — | — |
| 1966 | 72 | #1,281 | — | — |
| 1965 | 87 | #1,141 | — | — |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,179 | — | — |
| 1963 | 97 | #1,110 | — | — |
| 1962 | 99 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1961 | 102 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1960 | 133 | #923 | — | — |
| 1959 | 118 | #975 | — | — |
| 1958 | 113 | #980 | — | — |
| 1957 | 155 | #816 | — | — |
| 1956 | 152 | #808 | — | — |
| 1955 | 186 | #687 | — | — |
| 1954 | 170 | #708 | — | — |
| 1953 | 193 | #643 | — | — |
| 1952 | 201 | #623 | — | — |
| 1951 | 217 | #582 | — | — |
| 1950 | 207 | #585 | — | — |
| 1949 | 271 | #488 | — | — |
| 1948 | 260 | #507 | — | — |
| 1947 | 356 | #432 | — | — |
| 1946 | 330 | #424 | — | — |
| 1945 | 337 | #383 | — | — |
| 1944 | 400 | #343 | 5 | #3,782 |
| 1943 | 436 | #341 | — | — |
| 1942 | 447 | #327 | 6 | #3,464 |
| 1941 | 434 | #315 | — | — |
| 1940 | 521 | #273 | — | — |
| 1939 | 557 | #263 | 8 | #2,759 |
| 1938 | 579 | #263 | 12 | #2,152 |
| 1937 | 620 | #254 | 10 | #2,434 |
| 1936 | 706 | #231 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 1935 | 777 | #219 | 10 | #2,494 |
| 1934 | 892 | #199 | 14 | #1,998 |
| 1933 | 931 | #182 | 5 | #4,020 |
| 1932 | 1,052 | #179 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 1931 | 1,088 | #171 | 17 | #1,817 |
| 1930 | 1,327 | #156 | 13 | #2,265 |
| 1929 | 1,452 | #150 | 18 | #1,843 |
| 1928 | 1,591 | #146 | 27 | #1,440 |
| 1927 | 1,738 | #141 | 21 | #1,734 |
| 1926 | 2,027 | #130 | 23 | #1,601 |
| 1925 | 2,108 | #129 | 23 | #1,616 |
| 1924 | 2,284 | #120 | 25 | #1,561 |
| 1923 | 2,365 | #113 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1922 | 2,562 | #108 | 31 | #1,326 |
| 1921 | 2,713 | #103 | 30 | #1,382 |
| 1920 | 2,702 | #101 | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1919 | 2,652 | #98 | 25 | #1,474 |
| 1918 | 2,847 | #94 | 39 | #1,106 |
| 1917 | 2,541 | #95 | 31 | #1,233 |
| 1916 | 2,636 | #91 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1915 | 2,482 | #90 | 28 | #1,257 |
| 1914 | 1,893 | #89 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 1913 | 1,629 | #86 | 22 | #1,099 |
| 1912 | 1,465 | #85 | 20 | #1,050 |
| 1911 | 1,190 | #81 | 15 | #885 |
| 1910 | 1,051 | #87 | 15 | #811 |
| 1909 | 1,028 | #82 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1908 | 955 | #84 | 10 | #931 |
| 1907 | 889 | #86 | 11 | #849 |
| 1906 | 718 | #95 | 9 | #904 |
| 1905 | 702 | #99 | — | — |
| 1904 | 621 | #100 | 6 | #1,171 |
| 1903 | 542 | #106 | 6 | #1,097 |
| 1902 | 498 | #117 | 8 | #910 |
| 1901 | 406 | #126 | 7 | #919 |
| 1900 | 432 | #140 | — | — |
| 1899 | 278 | #162 | — | — |
| 1898 | 262 | #178 | — | — |
| 1897 | 230 | #182 | 5 | #1,186 |
| 1896 | 186 | #205 | 7 | #955 |
| 1895 | 158 | #216 | — | — |
| 1894 | 164 | #209 | — | — |
| 1893 | 123 | #236 | — | — |
| 1892 | 107 | #256 | — | — |
| 1891 | 78 | #286 | — | — |
| 1890 | 80 | #281 | — | — |
| 1889 | 67 | #297 | — | — |
| 1888 | 52 | #334 | — | — |
| 1887 | 40 | #341 | — | — |
| 1886 | 28 | #411 | — | — |
| 1885 | 31 | #371 | — | — |
| 1884 | 28 | #382 | — | — |
| 1883 | 16 | #495 | — | — |
| 1882 | 13 | #525 | — | — |
| 1881 | 14 | #467 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #912 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).