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Oakley

Oakley was the #156 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,933 babies), and #1,133 in England & Wales and #436 in Canada.

Oakley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Oakley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Oakley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#156 (1,933)#1,133 (29)#324 (10)—#885 (3)#436 (71)
2024#157 (1,900)#722 (52)#260 (14)#337 (4)—#357 (84)
2023#153 (1,884)#734 (49)#365 (9)——#277 (108)
2022#157 (1,844)#586 (66)#324 (10)——#328 (89)
2021#193 (1,538)#720 (52)—#446 (3)—#332 (97)
2020#284 (1,128)#969 (35)#471 (6)——#538 (54)
2019#349 (908)#1,349 (23)#765 (3)#424 (3)—#506 (63)
2018#389 (796)#1,343 (24)———#800 (35)
2017#475 (658)#2,090 (13)———#720 (40)
2016#579 (535)#2,233 (12)———#949 (28)
2015#613 (471)#3,252 (7)———#843 (32)
2014#765 (365)#2,203 (12)———#1,187 (21)
2013#926 (274)#2,887 (8)———#1,512 (15)
2012#1,264 (190)#2,215 (12)———#2,601 (7)
2011#1,440 (157)#2,025 (13)———#2,899 (6)

Oakley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • VIC
Oakley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaUSIreland
Oakley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Victoria publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaVIC
2025#454 (688)#33 (1,377)#86 (61)#126 (18)#577 (5)#328 (101)#95 (80)
2024#408 (792)#34 (1,432)#110 (48)#177 (12)#430 (8)#296 (110)—
2023#396 (804)#39 (1,343)#87 (61)#221 (9)#343 (11)#294 (108)—
2022#393 (810)#56 (1,048)#151 (33)#311 (5)#779 (3)#322 (98)—
2021#403 (773)#67 (908)#168 (28)#374 (4)—#299 (115)—
2020#420 (712)#82 (697)#249 (16)#304 (5)#741 (3)#327 (98)—
2019#441 (690)#98 (639)#258 (16)#312 (5)#506 (6)#283 (118)—
2018#459 (639)#120 (500)#516 (5)#416 (3)—#467 (59)—
2017#479 (615)#142 (409)#383 (9)——#343 (96)—
2016#578 (479)#134 (445)#375 (9)——#528 (53)—
2015#567 (496)#166 (348)#529 (5)——#438 (67)—
2014#656 (397)#186 (303)#680 (3)——#480 (61)—
2013#770 (291)#210 (256)#520 (5)——#685 (36)—
2012#877 (240)#217 (247)———#550 (48)—
2011#991 (196)#222 (220)#648 (3)——#587 (43)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #156.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.
  • In 2025, 74% of US babies named Oakley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 830 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 830common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 320common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 460common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Oakley is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 760 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 670 to 1 in 860.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Oakley by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #154WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #149WAIdaho: #24IDMontana: #55MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #159MNIllinois: #203ILMichigan: #79MINew York: #548NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: #131ORNevada: #150NVWyoming: #58WYSouth Dakota: #97SDIowa: #53IAIndiana: #112INOhio: #71OHPennsylvania: #242PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #359CAUtah: #23UTColorado: #223CONebraska: #72NEMissouri: #81MOKentucky: #58KYWest Virginia: #26WVVirginia: #175VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #164AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #89KSArkansas: #50ARTennessee: #76TNNorth Carolina: #130NCSouth Carolina: #114SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #103OKLouisiana: #127LAMississippi: #36MSAlabama: #106ALGeorgia: #140GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #274TXFlorida: #239FL
Oakley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#41830

Oakley (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OakleyCanadaGirls#43671
OakleyCanadaBoys#328101
OakleyEngland & WalesGirls#1,13329
OakleyEngland & WalesBoys#331,377
OakleyIrelandGirls#8853
OakleyIrelandBoys#5775
OakleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
OakleyNorthern IrelandBoys#12618
OakleyScotlandGirls#32410
OakleyScotlandBoys#8661
OakleyUSGirls#1561,933
OakleyUSBoys#454688
OakleyVICBoys#9580