Name meaning & stats
Opal
Opal means “jewel” (English origin). 14,342 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“jewel”
EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
14,342 US babies were named Opal between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Opal (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)