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Oakley
Pronounced /ˈəʊkli/
Rank in 2024
#410
Born in 2024
785
Peak year
2022 · #393
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:1,894 in 2024 (#157)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 785 boys were named Oakley, about 1 in every 2,185.
- It peaked in 2022 with 810 babies, ranked #393.
- It first shows up in the records in 1884.
- 10,685 boys 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
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 733 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 418 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 248 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 119 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 220 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,365 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,487 babies, 0.34 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.