Oakleigh — #629 US girls' name
3,694 babies named Oakleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
67% of everyone ever named Oakleigh was born in this single decade.
598 babies were named Oakleigh in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oakleigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,694 babies named Oakleigh between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oakleigh currently holds the #629 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 598 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oakleigh performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 2,472 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Oakleigh shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 230 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Oakleigh in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oakleigh in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,694 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Oakleigh at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Oakleigh popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2023)
- 598
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #629 among girls.
3,694 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 598 births in a single year.
Oakleigh popularity over time — boys
17 total births recorded since 2018 (Oakleigh as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Oakleigh accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oakleigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 2,472 births that decade — 67% of Oakleigh's all-time total
Oakleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,472 births
- Runner-up 1,182 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Oakleigh's strongest decade
2,472 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Oakleigh by state
Where Oakleigh concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 230 | 6.2% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 224 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 223 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 177 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 174 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 152 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 148 | 4.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 138 | 3.7% |
230 of 3,694 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.1% of nationwide
- Tennessee 6.0% of nationwide
- Alabama 4.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 36 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Oakleigh appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.