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Opal

A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.

Human name2 syllables2 tokens

Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

Recorded as

Girls

In 2025

#423 for girls

Peak

1909, #82

Since 1880

74,257 babies

On licences

123 dogs in New York

Charting: Opal

Figure 1. Human babies named Opal, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2025. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020251,4802,961peak 1909 · #82
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Opal was given to 740 girls in 2025, ranking 423rd for the year. It peaked in 1909, when it ranked 82nd and went to 1,028 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have. It has climbed 226 places since 2020. It is also on 123 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,021st among dogs there, and on 16 in Seattle.

Siblings from the same year

Names that peaked alongside Opal, for a fleet with a birth year.

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Opal yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data, 1880 to 2025. Public domain.

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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.

Opal · a human name, by the numbers · Name My Agent