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Opal
Say it: OH-pul
Meaning
The gem, from Latin opalus, probably ultimately from Sanskrit upala 'stone'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in America from the 1890s to the 1920s and rising again.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 71,018 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1909, about 1 in 338 girls
- 433 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.