Opal is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Opal is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #423 for girl births in the United States (and #863 across all names), given to 740 babies. Opal was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (2,847 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 740 | 740 | #423 | — |
| 2024 | 696 | 696 | #449 | — |
| 2023 | 631 | 631 | #486 | — |
| 2022 | 595 | 595 | #525 | — |
| 2021 | 562 | 562 | #545 | — |
| 2020 | 445 | 445 | #649 | — |
| 2019 | 427 | 427 | #683 | — |
| 2018 | 337 | 337 | #809 | — |
| 2017 | 321 | 321 | #849 | — |
| 2016 | 261 | 261 | #1,016 | — |
| 2015 | 233 | 233 | #1,110 | — |
| 2014 | 183 | 183 | #1,304 | — |
| 2013 | 125 | 125 | #1,687 | — |
| 2012 | 105 | 105 | #1,909 | — |
| 2011 | 93 | 93 | #2,084 | — |
| 2010 | 82 | 82 | #2,336 | — |
| 2009 | 77 | 77 | #2,480 | — |
| 2008 | 87 | 87 | #2,264 | — |
| 2007 | 69 | 69 | #2,675 | — |
| 2006 | 79 | 79 | #2,390 | — |
| 2005 | 42 | 42 | #3,569 | — |
| 2004 | 60 | 60 | #2,733 | — |
| 2003 | 39 | 39 | #3,641 | — |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | #3,577 | — |
| 2001 | 36 | 36 | #3,687 | — |
| 2000 | 32 | 32 | #3,959 | — |
| 1999 | 24 | 24 | #4,693 | — |
| 1998 | 39 | 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 | 405 | — | #343 | #3,782 |
| 1943 | 436 | — | #341 | — |
| 1942 | 453 | — | #327 | #3,464 |
| 1941 | 434 | — | #315 | — |
| 1940 | 521 | — | #273 | — |
| 1939 | 565 | — | #263 | #2,759 |
| 1938 | 591 | — | #263 | #2,152 |
| 1937 | 630 | — | #254 | #2,434 |
| 1936 | 719 | — | #231 | #2,037 |
| 1935 | 787 | — | #219 | #2,494 |
| 1934 | 906 | — | #199 | #1,998 |
| 1933 | 936 | — | #182 | #4,020 |
| 1932 | 1,069 | — | #179 | #1,833 |
| 1931 | 1,105 | — | #171 | #1,817 |
| 1930 | 1,340 | — | #156 | #2,265 |
| 1929 | 1,470 | — | #150 | #1,843 |
| 1928 | 1,618 | — | #146 | #1,440 |
| 1927 | 1,759 | — | #141 | #1,734 |
| 1926 | 2,050 | — | #130 | #1,601 |
| 1925 | 2,131 | — | #129 | #1,616 |
| 1924 | 2,309 | — | #120 | #1,561 |
| 1923 | 2,391 | — | #113 | #1,484 |
| 1922 | 2,593 | — | #108 | #1,326 |
| 1921 | 2,743 | — | #103 | #1,382 |
| 1920 | 2,733 | — | #101 | #1,314 |
| 1919 | 2,677 | — | #98 | #1,474 |
| 1918 | 2,886 | — | #94 | #1,106 |
| 1917 | 2,572 | — | #95 | #1,233 |
| 1916 | 2,672 | — | #91 | #1,092 |
| 1915 | 2,510 | — | #90 | #1,257 |
| 1914 | 1,918 | — | #89 | #1,181 |
| 1913 | 1,651 | — | #86 | #1,099 |
| 1912 | 1,485 | — | #85 | #1,050 |
| 1911 | 1,205 | — | #81 | #885 |
| 1910 | 1,066 | — | #87 | #811 |
| 1909 | 1,036 | — | #82 | #1,136 |
| 1908 | 965 | — | #84 | #931 |
| 1907 | 900 | — | #86 | #849 |
| 1906 | 727 | — | #95 | #904 |
| 1905 | 702 | — | #99 | — |
| 1904 | 627 | — | #100 | #1,171 |
| 1903 | 548 | — | #106 | #1,097 |
| 1902 | 506 | — | #117 | #910 |
| 1901 | 413 | — | #126 | #919 |
| 1900 | 432 | — | #140 | — |
| 1899 | 278 | — | #162 | — |
| 1898 | 262 | — | #178 | — |
| 1897 | 235 | — | #182 | #1,186 |
| 1896 | 193 | — | #205 | #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 | — |