How rare is the name Oakley?

10,116 people in the United States have the first name Oakley, about 1 in 29,857. It ranks #2,450 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

OAKLEY

#2,450

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,116
About
1 in 29,857
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,116 people named Oakley, 87.5% reported their origin as White, 5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% as two or more races. 51.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Oakley peaked in 2024, when 2,692 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18842025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
2,692
In 2025*
2,621 ▼3%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 26,745 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Oakley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #274. The largest share of babies named Oakley, 83.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,23122
1890s#1,93967
1900s#2,24974
1910s#1,873364
1920s#2,137429
1930s#2,752244
1940s#3,612179
1950s#4,978134
1960s#7,17383
1970s#10,63964
1980s#10,63291
1990s#5,071388
2000s#3,0261,148
2010s#7478,652
2020s#27414,806
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–273%
Silent Generation 1928–451.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–800.4%
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–128.8%
2013 and later83.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Oakley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Oakley has been most common in Utah (9.5×), Idaho (6.6×), and South Dakota (3.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.16×).

23,181 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Oakley

#2,448 Blakely · 10,127#2,449 Lennon · 10,125#2,451 Korey · 10,107#2,452 Neha · 10,101

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Oakley, most common first.

#7,126 Oaklee · 2,166

Also a last name

As a last name, Oakley ranks #2,123 of 156,621, with 16,588 people. See Oakley as a last name

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