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Oakley
Pronounced /ˈəʊkli/
Rank in 2024
#157
Born in 2024
1,894
Peak year
2024 · #157
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:785 in 2024 (#410)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,894 girls were named Oakley, about 1 in every 852.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1913.
- 13,419 girls have been named Oakley since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Oakley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- 0Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 57 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 83 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 981 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12,293 babies, 0.61 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old English Āclēa, from āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Akeley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈəʊkli/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Oakley, CC BY-SA 4.0.