Girls' name · since 1922

Opalee

Opalee has 10 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

10
total births
1922–1924
years on record
1920s
peak decade
100%
born in that decade

Opalee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1922.

Opalee has 10 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1924.

  • 10 total births
  • 1922–1924 years on record
  • 1920s peak decade
  • 100% born in that decade

Data updated Jun 2026

The verdict

10 girls have been named Opalee since 1922, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1924.

10
total births
1922–1924
years on record
1920s
peak decade
100%
born in that decade
1920s
Peak decade

100% of everyone ever named Opalee was born in this single decade.

1922
Single peak year

5 babies were named Opalee in 1922 - its busiest year on record.

Opalee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Opalee's full recorded timeline at 1924, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births.

Opalee at a glance

Last recorded 1924

Total births

10

Since 1922

3 years of records

Peak year

1922

5 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1924

Active since

1922

Recorded for 3 years

Last year on file: 1924

Opalee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1924

Last recorded 1924
Peak year (1922)
5
Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
5 19221924 5

Opalee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1920s was Opalee's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Opalee births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of June 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Opalee?
Since 1922, Social Security records show 10 babies named Opalee. The most recent recorded year was 1924. Its busiest year on record was 1922, with 5 births.
When was Opalee most popular?
Opalee was most popular in the 1920s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
How long has the name Opalee been used?
Opalee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1922, spanning 3 years of data through 1924.
What names are similar to Opalee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Opal, Opaline, Opalene. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1922–1924 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Opalee: Baby Name Since 1922 - 10 Births, Peak 1922." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/opalee. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Opalee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.