Meaning not yet researched.
Oakley: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,933 in 2025. Its best rank was #153 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #153 in 2023; #156 in 2025. About 74% of babies named Oakley in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#156 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #153.
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Oakley: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,933 girls in 2025. Peak: #153 in 2023 · most girls in one year: 1,933 (2025).
In 2025, 1,933 US girls were named Oakley, making it the 156th most common girls’ name of the year, up 1 place from #157 in 2024. That is 33 more than the 1,900 girls named Oakley in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #153, reached in 2023. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,933, in 2025. For comparison, it was #614 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 688 US boys were named Oakley, making it the 454th most common boys’ name of the year, down 46 places from #408 in 2024. That is 104 fewer than the 792 boys named Oakley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #393, reached in 2022. That year also had the most boys given the name: 810. For comparison, it was #567 in 2015 and #1,416 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Oakley in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 9 babies. In all, 26,745 US babies have been given the name, 57% of them girls and 43% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 14,806 babies named Oakley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 13,124 US girls were named Oakley; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,933. In 2025 that was about 1 in 831 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Oakley ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #24 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 16 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Oaklee (6,593 babies since 1880) and Oaklie (753 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Okley, Oaklei and Oaklea are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Okley (129), Oaklei (117), Oaklea (76), Oakli (71), Oakly (62).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Oakley in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 97 | #24 | #41 |
| West Virginia | 34 | #26 | #342 |
| Idaho | 41 | #27 | #50 |
| Mississippi | 40 | #37 | #646 |
| Iowa | 46 | #53 | #403 |
| Arkansas | 41 | #55 | #433 |
| Montana | 14 | #59 | #136 |
| Kentucky | 59 | #60 | #555 |
| Ohio | 123 | #72 | #506 |
| Wyoming | 6 | #75 | — |
| Nebraska | 25 | #76 | #402 |
| Tennessee | 84 | #79 | #610 |
| Missouri | 66 | #81 | #439 |
| Michigan | 88 | #81 | #763 |
| Kansas | 33 | #95 | #398 |
| Vermont | 5 | #98 | — |
| Oklahoma | 35 | #104 | #412 |
| Alabama | 42 | #107 | #673 |
| South Dakota | 10 | #112 | #93 |
| Indiana | 58 | #113 | #611 |
| South Carolina | 38 | #117 | #857 |
| Louisiana | 32 | #132 | #649 |
| North Carolina | 76 | #132 | #880 |
| Oregon | 25 | #137 | #312 |
| Georgia | 70 | #142 | — |
| Washington | 47 | #151 | #821 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | #156 | #950 |
| Nevada | 16 | #161 | #353 |
| Minnesota | 34 | #161 | #357 |
| Alaska | 5 | #163 | — |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #165 | — |
| Arizona | 39 | #165 | — |
| Virginia | 46 | #179 | #1,038 |
| Maine | 6 | #200 | — |
| Illinois | 49 | #207 | #714 |
| Colorado | 28 | #232 | #401 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #239 | #209 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #240 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 47 | #242 | #1,090 |
| Florida | 79 | #243 | #2,020 |
| Texas | 126 | #275 | #1,057 |
| California | 91 | #363 | #2,936 |
| New Jersey | 14 | #559 | — |
| New York | 30 | #563 | #2,169 |
| Maryland | 9 | #588 | — |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #606 | — |
| Connecticut | 5 | #606 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,933 | #156 | 688 | #454 |
| 2024 | 1,900 | #157 | 792 | #408 |
| 2023 | 1,884 | #153 | 804 | #396 |
| 2022 | 1,844 | #157 | 810 | #393 |
| 2021 | 1,538 | #193 | 773 | #403 |
| 2020 | 1,128 | #284 | 712 | #420 |
| 2019 | 908 | #349 | 690 | #442 |
| 2018 | 796 | #389 | 639 | #459 |
| 2017 | 658 | #475 | 615 | #479 |
| 2016 | 535 | #581 | 479 | #578 |
| 2015 | 471 | #614 | 496 | #567 |
| 2014 | 365 | #767 | 397 | #657 |
| 2013 | 274 | #928 | 291 | #771 |
| 2012 | 190 | #1,267 | 240 | #879 |
| 2011 | 157 | #1,445 | 196 | #994 |
| 2010 | 118 | #1,758 | 137 | #1,276 |
| 2009 | 92 | #2,178 | 139 | #1,270 |
| 2008 | 75 | #2,528 | 91 | #1,688 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,959 | 72 | #1,969 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,357 | 65 | #2,054 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,632 | 65 | #1,961 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,607 | 56 | #2,123 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,390 | 59 | #1,978 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,151 | 39 | #2,536 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,246 | 50 | #2,107 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,628 | 48 | #2,120 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,161 | 37 | #2,443 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,615 | 39 | #2,300 |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,091 | 33 | #2,484 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,226 | 29 | #2,657 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,388 | 28 | #2,668 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,606 | 20 | #3,427 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,521 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,286 | 21 | #3,179 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,276 | 13 | #4,408 |
| 1990 | — | — | 18 | #3,420 |
| 1989 | — | — | 9 | #5,475 |
| 1988 | — | — | 9 | #5,094 |
| 1987 | — | — | 9 | #4,849 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,927 | 6 | #6,298 |
| 1984 | — | — | 6 | #6,108 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,854 | 6 | #6,014 |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #4,151 |
| 1981 | — | — | 10 | #4,064 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #3,061 |
| 1979 | — | — | 10 | #3,993 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #6,559 |
| 1976 | — | — | 5 | #6,219 |
| 1975 | — | — | 9 | #3,853 |
| 1974 | — | — | 7 | #4,489 |
| 1973 | — | — | 7 | #4,383 |
| 1972 | — | — | 11 | #3,097 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,212 |
| 1969 | — | — | 8 | #3,506 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #3,033 |
| 1967 | — | — | 7 | #3,459 |
| 1966 | — | — | 5 | #4,362 |
| 1965 | — | — | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #2,998 |
| 1962 | — | — | 15 | #2,165 |
| 1961 | — | — | 10 | #2,837 |
| 1960 | — | — | 9 | #3,020 |
| 1959 | — | — | 11 | #2,623 |
| 1958 | — | — | 10 | #2,760 |
| 1957 | — | — | 15 | #2,163 |
| 1956 | — | — | 11 | #2,598 |
| 1955 | — | — | 9 | #2,915 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,399 |
| 1953 | — | — | 11 | #2,494 |
| 1952 | — | — | 14 | #2,132 |
| 1951 | — | — | 14 | #2,118 |
| 1950 | — | — | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1949 | — | — | 12 | #2,303 |
| 1948 | — | — | 16 | #1,923 |
| 1947 | — | — | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1946 | — | — | 27 | #1,372 |
| 1945 | — | — | 16 | #1,745 |
| 1944 | — | — | 17 | #1,719 |
| 1943 | — | — | 22 | #1,516 |
| 1942 | — | — | 17 | #1,782 |
| 1941 | — | — | 15 | #1,875 |
| 1940 | — | — | 21 | #1,511 |
| 1939 | — | — | 17 | #1,695 |
| 1938 | — | — | 19 | #1,601 |
| 1937 | — | — | 23 | #1,434 |
| 1936 | — | — | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1935 | — | — | 34 | #1,141 |
| 1934 | — | — | 28 | #1,285 |
| 1933 | — | — | 24 | #1,397 |
| 1932 | — | — | 27 | #1,350 |
| 1931 | — | — | 26 | #1,382 |
| 1930 | — | — | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1929 | — | — | 27 | #1,401 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,244 | 39 | #1,141 |
| 1927 | — | — | 38 | #1,171 |
| 1926 | — | — | 28 | #1,397 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,323 | 43 | #1,064 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,891 | 38 | #1,182 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,826 | 47 | #1,040 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,581 | 36 | #1,214 |
| 1921 | — | — | 46 | #1,041 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,826 | 52 | #964 |
| 1919 | — | — | 52 | #935 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,681 | 41 | #1,074 |
| 1917 | — | — | 50 | #904 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,472 | 40 | #1,023 |
| 1915 | — | — | 43 | #956 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,500 | 27 | #1,121 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,741 | 36 | #797 |
| 1912 | — | — | 23 | #961 |
| 1911 | — | — | 12 | #1,027 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #916 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,061 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,188 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,295 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #898 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,035 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,254 |
| 1902 | — | — | 12 | #676 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #833 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,271 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #839 |
| 1898 | — | — | 16 | #534 |
| 1896 | — | — | 11 | #709 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #951 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #927 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,142 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #927 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #965 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #770 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #689 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).