Recorded 1889–2025 · United States
Opie was most popular in 2022, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,658 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,077, with 29 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 806 people named Opie.
Opie first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1889, which makes it about 136 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 57 of the 137 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 806 American births named Opie between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 468 are estimated to be alive today.
29 American babies were named Opie in 2025, ranking #8,077 that year.
Opie is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 39 births a year, against 12 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +228% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Opie is mostly a boy’s name — 12.3% of the 806 Americans given it were girls and 87.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 468 Americans named Opie are alive today — 58% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 6 years old, and half are between 4 and 10. That is a narrow band because Opie is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org