Opaline

#9,309 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Opal

Opaline has been given to 213 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #9,309 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1931, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Opaline, 2025

1 in 301,000

Opaline over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Opaline: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Opal

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Opaline means

Opaline is a form of Opal.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Opal.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 213 girls were recorded with the name Opaline between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1931; its best national rank was #1,726 in 1931.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Opaline?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 146,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,309; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Opaline sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Opaline. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Opalines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Opaline was born before 1931 — so the typical Opaline is around 94 today.

Median birth year: 1931; About 94 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 39.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 10.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 28; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 39.0% of all recorded uses (83).

Is Opaline rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 52.4%; Peak was 1931 (21)
Years since peak: 94; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,726; 1931

Spellings of Opaline

Opaline is not the most common spelling — Pauline is, with 82.3% against Opaline's 0.08%.

Pauline82.3%226,404
Adaline6.8%18,766
Aline5.3%14,668
Coraline2.5%6,786
Rosaline1.4%3,984
Emaline0.69%1,901
Evaline0.62%1,708
Koraline0.19%526

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Opaline around the world

Where Opaline ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1986–2025
#2,877
in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Opaline by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,309
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #1,726; 1931
Peak year: 1931; 21 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 213
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Opaline

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Olivine Adyline Edeline Avaline Souline Emiline Jasline Yvaine Namine Sistine Carmine Addaline Taline Maclaine Perline Adraine Waldine Lestine Lucine Adiline Glorine Faline Doraine Serine

Sibling names for Opaline

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Billy Bobby Socorro Marvel Bertie Berta Charles Charline

For a brother

Talmadge Boyce Dudley Frances Jewel Wilford Bobbie Doyle

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