Opie
Boy · OH-pee · English
Opie is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Opie mean?
English: Cornish surname used as a first name
Known from Opie Taylor in the American sitcom The Andy Griffith Show; Opie is also the surname of Cornish painter John Opie.
- Say it
- OH-pee
Is Opie a girl's or a boy's name?
Opie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Opie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Opie, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Opie than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Opie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Opie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
How popular is Opie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Opie, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Opie than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Opie in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1917, 48% of the babies named Opie in the US were girls.
Opie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
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