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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913girlsat 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 1913

No state had 5 or more girls named Oakley in 1913, 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 1913

girls
#2,540
7 births · 1 in 89,221 girls
boys
#789
36 births · 1 in 14,238 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #2,540Oakley7

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #789Oakley36
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 89,221 of them was named Oakley, which outranked 31.5% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oakley
  1. #2,331Wilhelmenia8
  2. #2,331Willma8
  3. #2,331Zephyr8
  4. #2,540Oakley7
  5. #2,540Adelaida7
  6. #2,540Adelyne7
  7. #2,540Ader7
  8. #2,827Adelma6
  9. #2,827Adria6
  10. #2,827Agapita6

Tied with 286 names at #2,540; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dominga#1,844 → #881
  2. ↑ 931Stacia#1,844 → #913
  3. ↑ 576Olympia#1,477 → #901
  4. ↑ 559Lilah#1,540 → #981
  5. ↑ 445Elfrieda#1,297 → #852
Fallers
  1. ↓ 806Karen#960 → #1,766
  2. ↓ 572Erie#833 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 559Gertha#846 → #1,405
  4. ↓ 527Lossie#938 → #1,465
  5. ↓ 505Ardelia#960 → #1,465

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

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 14,238 of them was named Oakley, which outranked 75.8% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oakley
  1. #777Melville37
  2. #777Teddy37
  3. #777Tim37
  4. #789Oakley36
  5. #789Burt36
  6. #789Claire36
  7. #789Clint36
  8. #806Arvel35
  9. #806Einar35
  10. #806Ezekiel35

Tied with 16 names at #789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,050Mathias#1,885 → #835
  2. ↑ 935Hymen#1,885 → #950
  3. ↑ 796Waldemar#1,746 → #950
  4. ↑ 751Rolf#1,746 → #995
  5. ↑ 689Domenico#1,619 → #930
Fallers
  1. ↓ 975Holland#970 → #1,945
  2. ↓ 885Cameron#918 → #1,803
  3. ↓ 868Larue#935 → #1,803
  4. ↓ 726Irene#854 → #1,580
  5. ↓ 688Hughie#892 → #1,580

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

See the top 100 for 1913 →