Recorded 1884–2025 · United States
Oakley was most popular in 2024, when 2,692 American babies were given the name — ranking #240 that year. In 2025 it ranked #247, with 2,621 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 26,745 people named Oakley.
Oakley first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 133 of the 142 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 26,745 American births named Oakley between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 25,240 are estimated to be alive today.
2,621 American babies were named Oakley in 2025, ranking #247 that year.
Oakley is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 2,593 births a year, against 615 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +321% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Oakley is a unisex name — 57.4% of the 26,745 Americans given it were girls and 42.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2016 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 65% girls and 35% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 25,240 Americans named Oakley are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 5 years old, and half are between 3 and 9. That is a narrow band because Oakley is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org