Meaning and history
This name comes from the English word opal, referring to the iridescent gemstone and October’s birthstone, and ultimately derives from the Sanskrit उपल (upala), meaning “jewel.”
20062006: 79 births, rank #2,375
2007: 69 births, rank #2,647
2008: 87 births, rank #2,253
2009: 77 births, rank #2,465
2010: 82 births, rank #2,313
20112011: 93 births, rank #2,073
2012: 105 births, rank #1,904
2013: 125 births, rank #1,684
2014: 183 births, rank #1,301
2015: 233 births, rank #1,110
20162016: 261 births, rank #1,012
2017: 321 births, rank #847
2018: 337 births, rank #807
2019: 427 births, rank #680
2020: 445 births, rank #648
20212021: 562 births, rank #545
2022: 595 births, rank #524
2023: 631 births, rank #485
2024: 696 births, rank #449
20252025: 740 births, rank #423
Opal rose from #449 to #423 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 2,847 births.