Oaklie
Oaklie was the 3063rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2632nd with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 71 places. More babies were named Oaklie in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Oakley) oak clearing (place name) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #3,063 girls, up 315 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 54girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202166 babies
- Total since 1880
- 753babies recorded
What does the name Oaklie mean?
Oaklie 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
Oaklie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2022.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,063 | 54 |
| 2020 | #3,378 | 46 |
| 2010 | #7,429 | 17 |
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How popular is Oaklie, counting every spelling?
Oaklie is a spelling of Oakley, a name family that ranked #126 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,063 for Oaklie 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 Oaklie?
54 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Oaklie (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Oaklie 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 155 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Oaklie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Oaklie?
About 700 people born in the US named Oaklie are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Oaklie 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.
Oaklie by state
How common Oaklie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Oaklie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Oaklie, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Oaklie
What does Oaklie mean?
Oaklie is a spelling of Oakley, which means “oak clearing (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Oaklie?
Oaklie was the 3063rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2632nd with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 71 places. More babies were named Oaklie in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Oaklie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Oaklie in the US.
Where is Oaklie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Oaklie was most common in Utah (0.22 per 1,000 girls), followed by Missouri and Indiana.