Unisex name · since 2011
Oaklen
Oaklen has 725 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,291 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,283 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 725
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oaklen currently ranks #2283 among unisex names in America, with 725 babies recorded since 2011.
Oaklen has 725 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2283 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #6,291 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,283 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 725 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oaklen ranks #6,291 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,283 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 725 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,291 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,283 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 725
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oaklen's 725 recorded births place it above 86.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Oaklen compares
725 Top 37% higher than 63% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Oaklen's all-time total is 96% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oaklen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 725 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 105 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oaklen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oaklen splits its recorded history at 2019: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 105 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oaklen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 105
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Oaklen popularity over time - girls
58 total births recorded since 2020 (Oaklen as girls' name)
Oaklen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (492 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Oaklen's strongest decade.
492 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Oaklen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
233 births
- 2020s
2020s
492 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 492 births (68% of all-time use).
How Oaklen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Oaklen's total volume
Oaklen by state
Where Oaklen concentrates geographically, total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 46 | 6.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 37 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 30 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 24 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 23 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 16 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.8% |
46 of 725 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Oaklen appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Oaklens (46 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Oaklen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.