girls:
3.2k births since 2005
#3056 (47th percentile)
boys:
17 births since 2018
#4569 (0th percentile)
overall:
3.2k births since 2005
#4793 (38th percentile)
The name Oakleigh is the #4,793 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,235 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 38.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,056 (46.5% percentile) for all time with 3,218 births since 2005. For boys, it ranks #4,569 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 2018.
Oakleigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (2005 for girls and 2018 for boys).
The name Oakleigh has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Oakleigh reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 52.4% percentile (ranked #451) with 341 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 341 births per million (ranked 52.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Oakleigh is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #451 (52.4% percentile) with 341 births per million.
For boys, Oakleigh reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #929) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oakleigh".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Oakleigh", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 9 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Oakley" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Oakley..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Oakleigh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.7% confident that Oakleigh is pronounced as OHK-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OHK-LEE, at 9.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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