Oaklee
Oaklee was the 535th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 565 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 446th with 687 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 926 places. More babies were named Oaklee in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Oakley) oak clearing (place name) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #535 girls, up 88 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 565girls
- Girls and boys
- 87% girls, 13% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023687 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,593babies recorded
What does the name Oaklee mean?
Oaklee is a spelling of Oakley, pronounced the same way, so it shares Oakley's meaning and origin.
Oakley is a common English place name, from Old English Acleah: ac, 'oak', and leah, 'woodland clearing', so 'a clearing in an oak wood', as Wiktionary explains. Ackley and Oakleigh are other forms of the same name. It became a surname and, as Wikipedia notes, was occasionally used as a boy's name in the US around 1900 before returning in the 2010s for both boys and girls.
āc (Old English, “oak”)lēah (Old English, “woodland clearing”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Oaklee, Oakleigh, Oaklynn, Ackley.
See also: English names, names that mean tree, names that mean meadow, hill or valley, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Oakley', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Oakley (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Oaklee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #535 | #2,017 | 565 | 75 |
| 2020 | #623 | #1,933 | 470 | 76 |
| 2010 | #3,240 | #6,975 | 51 | 12 |
| 2000 | #16,884 | — | 5 | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Oaklee, counting every spelling?
Oaklee is a spelling of Oakley, a name family that ranked #126 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #535 for Oaklee on its own. Together these spellings went to 2,570 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley | 1,933 | #156 | 9,099 |
| Oaklee | 565 | #535 | 3,177 |
| Oaklie | 54 | #3,063 | 277 |
| Oaklea | 12 | #8,729 | 41 |
| Oakli | — | — | 27 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Oaklee?
565 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Oaklee (0.16 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Oaklee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 15 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Oaklee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Oaklee?
About 5,500 people born in the US named Oaklee are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Oaklee a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Oaklee by state
How common Oaklee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (6.1×), Idaho (5.7×), Utah (4.9×), Kentucky (3.4×), Oklahoma (3.2×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Maryland, New Jersey, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Oaklee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Oaklee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Oaklee
What does Oaklee mean?
Oaklee is a spelling of Oakley, which means “oak clearing (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Oaklee?
Oaklee was the 535th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 565 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 446th with 687 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 926 places. More babies were named Oaklee in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Oaklee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 87% girls, 13% boys given the name Oaklee in the US.
Where is Oaklee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Oaklee was most common in Wyoming (3.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by West Virginia and Idaho.