Opie

Opie is a unisex given name: about 80% of people named Opie are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleLow

Male 80%Female 20%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Verdict: Mostly male
Male / female split: 80% male / 20% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 402 male / 99 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Opie

To address Opie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Opie," in English, "Guten Tag Opie," in German. About 80% of people named Opie are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Opie,

German

Guten Tag Opie,

French

Bonjour Opie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Opie:

Chinese

Opie您好：

Japanese

Opie様

English

Hi Opie,

German

Hi Opie,

French

Salut Opie,

Spanish

Hola Opie,

Chinese

Opie你好：

Japanese

Opieさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Opie by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	man's name	80%

United States birth data

402 male · 99 female · 501 births recorded

Male 80%Female 20%

Since 1980: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Opie a male or female name?

Opie is a unisex given name: about 80% of people named Opie are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Opie in an email?

Is Opie a unisex name?

Opie is not a unisex name: 80% of people named Opie are men. Opie leans strongly male overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Opie a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/opie (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_opie,
  title  = {Is Opie a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/opie},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}