How Many People Are Named Oakley?
people named Oakley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,534 people in the US has this name
Based on 26,745 babies named Oakley in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,692 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Oakley, 60.3% were girls and 39.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Oakley rose from 7.4% in the 1910s to 69.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Oakley alive today is about 7 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Oakley first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 2024, to 2,692 babies. In 2025, 2,621 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Oakley has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #153, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #156. Among boys, its best rank was #393, in 2022.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #156 | #454 |
| Best rank | #153 (2023) | #393 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #172 in the 2020s | #422 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Oakley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Oakley were born in Utah than in any other state: about 1,826 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Oakley was given 6.3 times as often in Utah, 5.3 times in Idaho and 5 times in Wyoming.
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