On The Andy Griffith Show what is Opie Taylors real name?

Opie Taylor's real name is/was, Ronny Howard. He was also on the hit ABC TV-sitcom, Happy Days, from the early 1970s, until the mid 1990s. As a matter of fact, several weeks ago, I was watching, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Ronny Howard was one of the guests on the show that night. Ronny Howard, listed off all of the information on David Letterman's Top 10 List, that night.