Okley — boys' name
129 babies named Okley in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Okley was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Okley in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Okley
The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Okley between 1915 and 1957, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Okley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Okley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Okley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Okley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Okley 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 129 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.
Okley at a glance
Last recorded 1957Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Okley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1915
- Peak year (1922)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1957.
129 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 16 births in a single year.
Okley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 74 births that decade — 57% of Okley's all-time total
Okley decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Okley's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Okley by state
Where Okley concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 6 | 4.7% |
6 of 129 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 4.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1915–1957 (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.