girls:
11.5k births since 1913
#1466 (74th percentile)
boys:
9.9k births since 1884
#1173 (74th percentile)
overall:
21.4k births since 1884
#1743 (77th percentile)
The name Oakley is the #1,743 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 21,408 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 77.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 77.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,466 (74.4% percentile) for all time with 11,515 births since 1913. For boys, it ranks #1,173 (74.4% percentile) for all time with 9,893 births since 1884.
Oakley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for boys and 1913 for girls). Birth data for Oakley is available in 131 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (131 years for boys and 45 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Oakley is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 70.1% of babies named Oakley were girls. Interestingly, until around 2017, the name was more popular for boys (63.7% boys from 1884 to 2016), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (63.5% girls from 2017 to 2023).
For girls, Oakley reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 84.2% percentile (ranked #150) with 1,071 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,071 births per million (ranked 84.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1990, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Oakley is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #150 (84.2% percentile) with 1,071 births per million.
For boys, Oakley reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 60.6% percentile (ranked #365) with 432 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 436 births per million (ranked 59.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1988, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Oakley is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #368 (59.7% percentile) with 436 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oakley".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Oakley is pronounced as OHK-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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