Opal

What Opal means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Opal yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,110 in 2015, #423 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Opal?

US: Rising: up from #1110 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3252 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1909, when 1,028 girls got the name (#82 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,172 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,020 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (4.23 per 1,000 girls), MT (3.54 per 1,000 girls), SD (2.62 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Opal is #423 in the US and #622 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Opal were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Opal

Girls

• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Briar#400Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #835 in 2015, #400 in 2025
• Melody#79Editor’s note Up from #148 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• June#150From the word “name”^*

For a brother

• Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Opal’s. Rank is US 2025.