Opie
Opie is a surname, a given name and a nickname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Opie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Opie is a surname, a given name and a nickname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Opie
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Opie as a girl name dates back to 1889, when 5 babies received it. 1917 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Opie — #2,204 in the national rankings. About 56% of every Opie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Opie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1928, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 99 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Opie as a boy name dates back to 1904, when 5 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 50 newborns named Opie — #2,648 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Opie on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Opie ranks #3,197 for boys with 38 births, rising sharply (+21% over the past five years). All told, over 755 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Opie
Opie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1904 and has accumulated 755 births in the dataset. Opie's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,205. Use the chart and map above to compare Opie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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