Oaklen — #1705 US boys' name
662 babies named Oaklen in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to boys today.
65% of everyone ever named Oaklen was born in this single decade.
105 babies were named Oaklen in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oaklen
The Social Security Administration has registered 662 babies named Oaklen between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oaklen currently holds the #1705 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 105 babies received it in a single year. Oaklen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 52 additional births since 2020.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oaklen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 430 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Oaklen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Oaklen in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oaklen 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 662 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.
Oaklen at a glance
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Current rank
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Oaklen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2023)
- 105
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #1705 among boys.
662 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 105 births in a single year.
Oaklen popularity over time — girls
52 total births recorded since 2020 (Oaklen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Oaklen accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oaklen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 430 births that decade — 65% of Oaklen's all-time total
Oaklen decade highlights
- Peak decade 430 births
- Runner-up 232 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Oaklen's strongest decade
430 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Oaklen by state
Where Oaklen concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 40 | 6.0% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 32 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 30 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 24 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 23 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 16 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #8 | New York | | 6 | 0.9% |
40 of 662 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.8% of nationwide
- Tennessee 4.5% of nationwide
- Indiana 3.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Oaklen appears in 10 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, 2011–2024 (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.