Oakley

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 35% girls / 65% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Oakley is a unisex given name of English origin that is a transferred use of an English place name and surname meaning “oak clearing”.

From Wikipedia

Oakley first appears in the data in 1997 and has been recorded in 28 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2019 with 119 babies (rank #282 that year). In 2024 it was given to 112 boys (rank #295). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Oakley

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Oakley yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

2,001
Total babies (all years)
28
Years in the data
119
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19975#2,163
199810#1,299
19997#1,723
20005#2,255
20017#1,744
20027#1,775
200311#1,306
200410#1,496
200520#927
200623#874
200721#967
200817#1,171
200914#1,386
201028#842
201142#612
201248#557
201335#713
201460#490
201567#445
201655#522
201795#348
201858#487
2019119#282
202098#329
2021115#301
2022100#317
2023109#294
2024112#295