Oakly — boys' name
40 babies named Oakly in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Oakly was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Oakly in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oakly
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Oakly between 2010 and 2023, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oakly currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Oakly is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 2022.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oakly performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Oakly shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oakly 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 40 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.
Oakly at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Oakly popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2010
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
40 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 9 births in a single year.
Oakly popularity over time — girls
16 total births recorded since 2022 (Oakly as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Oakly accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oakly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 29 births that decade — 73% of Oakly's all-time total
Oakly decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Oakly's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
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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, 2010–2023 (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.