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Baby name
Opal
Girl
Origin of the name
Opal comes from the name of the gemstone.
Short-lived name
73,539births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 94rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Opal are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Opal is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Opal is most common in Oklahoma (6.3 times), West Virginia (5.2) and Arkansas (5.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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