NameTides

Opal

Opal was the #423 girls' name in the US in 2025 (740 babies), and #622 in England & Wales and #935 in Canada.

Opal as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Opal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
Opal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#423 (740)#622 (63)#632 (4)#935 (29)
2024#449 (696)#526 (74)#790 (3)#1,234 (20)
2023#485 (631)#590 (65)#749 (3)#1,044 (24)
2022#524 (595)#655 (57)#760 (3)#1,017 (25)
2021#545 (562)#1,102 (31)—#1,229 (20)
2020#648 (445)#1,200 (27)—#1,359 (17)
2019#680 (427)#1,439 (21)—#1,283 (19)
2018#807 (337)#1,977 (14)—#1,507 (15)
2017#847 (321)#1,995 (14)—#1,901 (11)
2016#1,012 (261)#2,233 (12)—#2,195 (9)
2015#1,110 (233)#3,252 (7)—#1,202 (20)
2014#1,301 (183)#2,058 (13)—#2,617 (7)
2013#1,684 (125)#3,536 (6)——
2012#1,904 (105)#2,338 (11)——
2011#2,073 (93)#2,432 (10)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1909 at #82.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Opal is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Opal by state, 2025Alaska: #90AKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #310WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #226WAIdaho: #133IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #541ILMichigan: #316MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #125ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #139SDIowa: #199IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #358OHPennsylvania: #725PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #687CAUtah: #172UTColorado: #354CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #250MOKentucky: #233KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #359VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #233KSArkansas: #153ARTennessee: #275TNNorth Carolina: #405NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #247OKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #348ALGeorgia: #676GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #726TXFlorida: #571FL
Opal (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OpalCanadaGirls#93529
OpalEngland & WalesGirls#62263
OpalNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
OpalScotlandGirls#6324
OpalUSGirls#423740
OpalUSBoys—too few