Oakley
Pronounced OW1 K L IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 112 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Oakley?
Oakley is a name given to both boys and girls, and first appears in 1913. It has been given to 33,897 children — the 873rd most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about nine times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 2,970 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Oaklee and Oakleigh — because they are pronounced identically.
Roughly 34% of children named Oakley are boys, so the split is a real one rather than a rounding error.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Oakley and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Oaklee
- Oakleigh
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- OW1 K L IY0 · OW1 K L IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Oakley
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Oakley
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Oakley?
- Oakley ranks 873rd among girls' names in US records, with 33,897 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,620.
- Is Oakley a unisex name?
- Yes. About 34% of children given the name are boys, which is a genuine split rather than a rounding error.
- When was Oakley most popular?
- 2024, when 2,970 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Oakley spelled?
- Oaklee, Oakleigh. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.