Opal

Girl name

Opal ranks #301 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 17 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #395 for dogs.

Share of cats named Opal, by year

Opal's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend. Peak year: 2018.

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Year	Share
2019	0.025%
2018	0.054%
2017	0.034%
2016	0.05%
2015	0.033%
2014	0.044%
2013	0.028%
2012	0.023%

Licensed cats in our data

across 2 places

Popularity rank

#301

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

−361

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

95% female

of 41 shelter cats

Gender lean is from named cats in US shelters — most license records don't publish a cat's gender, so shelters are the one place our data can measure it.

Where Opal shows up

Licensed cats named Opal per place, against that place's counted total. The basis column says what each number means.

Place	Share	Basis
Seattle WA, US	0.09%	current licenses
Toronto ON, CA	0.03%	licensed in 2019

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