Mostly girls · peaked in 2025
Oakley name popularity since 1925
25,976 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Oakley (58.9% girls, 41.1% boys). Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Oakley is about 6 years old in 2026. Oakley peaked in 2025 as the #156 name for girls, and it ranked #156 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,976
- Named Oakley, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #156
- for girls in 2025 (1,933 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 58.9% girls
- 15,310 girls · 10,666 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 9.27× its national share
Peak year is the year Oakley made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Oakley births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Oakley both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2010 and 2015, Oakley became 4× more common, from 1 in 15,100 baby girls to 1 in 3,790.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Oakley's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Oakley.
Decade by decade
Babies named Oakley in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 12 | 175 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 244 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 179 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 134 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 83 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 64 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 11 | 80 | #11,927 |
| 1990s | 124 | 264 | #7,388 |
| 2000s | 464 | 684 | #3,632 |
| 2010s | 4,472 | 4,180 | #614 |
| 2020–25 | 10,227 | 4,579 | #156 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
86.3% of babies named Oakley from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Oakley is most popular
The index compares Oakley's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Oakley.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 9.27× | 1,839 |
| Idaho | 6.59× | 611 |
| Tennessee | 2.04× | 1,001 |
| Kentucky | 1.99× | 777 |
| Arkansas | 1.85× | 444 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Oakley and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Oakley (this page) | 15,310 | 2025 |
| Oaklee | 5,576 | 2023 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Oakley's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Oakley.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Oakley (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data