Oakley

#156 for girls in 2025, 1,933 births · #454 for boys in 2025, 688 births
Given to girls 57.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2023 · 1,884 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,360
since 1913

Oakley over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1561,933#454688
2024#1571,900#408792
2023#1531,884#396804
2022#1571,844#393810
2021#1931,538#403773
2020#2841,128#420712
2019#349908#441690
2018#389796#459639
2017#475658#479615
2016#579535#578479
2015#613471#567496
2014#765365#656397
2013#926274#770291
2012#1,264190#877240
2011#1,440157#991196
2010#1,751118#1,267137
2009#2,16592#1,266139
2008#2,51175#1,67991
2007#2,93061#1,95172
2006#3,31649#2,03765
2005#3,58741#1,94365
2004#3,56641#2,10256
2003#4,30730#1,96259
2002#4,07131#2,50439
2001#6,06718#2,08650
2000#4,52726#2,08748
1999#5,03921#2,39837
1998#6,36015#2,27439
1997#5,86816#2,44933
1996#5,06519#2,59029
1995#7,04112#2,62628
1994#8,12210#3,32620
1993#8,05210#2,69726
1992#8,7349#3,10521
1991#6,97612#4,23113
1990#3,30918
1989#5,1659
1988#4,7869
1987#4,5739
1986
1985#10,6775#5,7856
1984#5,5616
1983#9,0156#5,4846
1982#3,96610
1981#3,85810
1980#2,96515
1979#3,81010
1978
1977#5,8455
1976#5,5875
1975#3,6599
1974#4,1907
1973#4,0547
1972#2,99111
1971
1970#3,07110
1969#3,3148
1968#2,9079
1967#3,2317
1966#3,9485
1965#2,47611
1964#2,8549
1963
1962#2,11715
1961#2,70610
1960#2,8719
1959#2,53011
1958#2,64210
1957#2,09315
1956#2,49711
1955#2,7649
1954#2,31612
1953#2,39111
1952#2,07314
1951#2,05514
1950#1,39527
1949#2,22512
1948#1,88116
1947#1,91616
1946#1,35527
1945#1,69716
1944#1,68317
1943#1,48622
1942#1,73017
1941#1,82115
1940#1,47121
1939#1,63617
1938#1,55919
1937#1,40323
1936#1,80115
1935#1,12334
1934#1,26628
1933#1,36124
1932#1,32427
1931#1,36126
1930#1,28331
1929#1,37827
1928#4,7255#1,12539
1927#1,16338
1926#1,37928
1925#4,0287#1,05343
1924#4,4346#1,16938
1923#4,3766#1,02647
1922#5,0095#1,19636
1921#1,02646
1920#4,3986#96052
1919#92752
1918#4,2916#1,06241
1917#90050
1916#3,2588#1,01340
1915#95243
1914#3,1886#1,10127
1913#2,5407#78936
1912#93523
1911#98212
1910#85913
1909#1,0209
1908#1,1137
1907#1,2006
1906#1,2535
1905#8369
1904#9667
1903#1,1305
1902#65112
1901#7798
1900#1,1626
1899#7868
1898#52316
1897
1896#67411
1895#8727
1894#8577
1893#1,0355
1892#8617
1891
1890#8846
1889#7228
1888
1887
1886
1885#9365
1884#6639
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Oakley! It came in at #2,540, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Oakley is popular in 1920

No state had 5 or more girls named Oakley in 1920, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Oakley
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#157#156)
  • 128 spots since 2020 (#284#156)
  • 457 spots since 2015 (#613#156)
  • Biggest jump: 338 spots in 2013 (#1,264#926)
  • Biggest drop: 4 spots in 2024 (#153#157)
Rise & fade · girls
110 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 2023 at #153 (1,884 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 831
  • Highest: 1 in 831 girls born in 2025 were named Oakley (0.12%)
  • Its best rank, #153 in 2023, was only 1 in 852 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 66.6% of all girls named Oakley (10,227) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2016
  • Mostly boys until 2015, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s27#2,540 (1913)#3,319
1920s35#4,028 (1925)#4,495
1930s0
1940s0
1950s0
1960s0
1970s0
1980s11#9,015 (1983)#9,846
1990s124#5,039 (1999)#6,806
2000s464#2,165 (2009)#3,705
2010s4,472#349 (2019)#855
2020s10,227#153 (2023)#183

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Oakley in 1920

girls
#4,398
6 births · 1 in 199,715 girls
boys
#960
52 births · 1 in 20,468 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #4,398Oakley6

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #960Oakley52
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 199,715 of them was named Oakley, which outranked 23.7% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oakley
  1. #3,957Zenaida7
  2. #3,957Zilla7
  3. #3,957Zoila7
  4. #4,398Oakley6
  5. #4,398Achsah6
  6. #4,398Adelaine6
  7. #4,398Adelma6
  8. #4,975Acie5
  9. #4,975Addell5
  10. #4,975Adrine5

Tied with 576 names at #4,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 20,468 of them was named Oakley, which outranked 80.8% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oakley
  1. #947Llewellyn53
  2. #947Lucious53
  3. #947Rollie53
  4. #960Oakley52
  5. #960Caleb52
  6. #960Emmit52
  7. #960Leonardo52
  8. #965Almon51
  9. #965Daryl51
  10. #965Golden51

Tied with 4 names at #960; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920