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Opal
Rank in 2024
#449
Born in 2024
694
Peak year
1918 · #94
Origin
English
1880 to 2024
Vintage revivalIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 694 girls were named Opal, about 1 in every 2,324.
- It peaked in 1918 with 2,847 babies, ranked #94.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 72,794 girls have been named Opal since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Opal per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.7Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 45,244 babies, 2.21 per 1,000. Silent: 14,147 babies, 0.68 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,448 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,146 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 669 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 937 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,811 babies, 0.24 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A unisex given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
- A female given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
- (rare) A male given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Opal, CC BY-SA 4.0.