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Oaklee

#535 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Oakley

Oaklee has been given to 6,593 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #535 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 687 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.

Babies named Oaklee, 2025

1 in 5,870

Oaklee over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Oaklee over time

In 2025, Oaklee went to 88% girls and 12% boys.

19992025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Oaklee: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Oakley

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oaklee means

Oaklee is a variant of Oakley.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Oaklee → Oakley. The family’s meaning is “oak clearing”, recorded in the naming reference for Oakley.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Oakley.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,576 girls were recorded with the name Oaklee between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 687 in 2023; its best national rank was #446 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #623 in 2020 to #535 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,461 in 2015 to #535 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,017 boys were recorded with the name Oaklee between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 120 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,514 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,933 in 2020 to #2,017 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,555 in 2015 to #2,017 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Oaklee?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 5,870
565 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 2,840
0.04% of girls
Rank, 2025
#535
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,068 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Oaklee sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 5008%

Put another way: gather 4,068 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oaklee. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Oaklees were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Oaklee was born before 2021 — so the typical Oaklee is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
65.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,576
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2020s — 65.4% of all recorded uses (3,647).

Is Oaklee rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−20
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+88
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+926
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.58×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
82.2%
Peak was 2023 (687)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#446
2023

Spellings of Oaklee

Oaklee is not the most common spelling — Kaylee is, with 36.6% against Oaklee's 1.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Oaklee is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Oaklee was most concentrated in Idaho — about 1 in 465 girls, against 1 in 2,911 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 25,000).

4215 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Idaho1 in 465
  2. 2Utah1 in 488
  3. 3Wyoming1 in 714
  4. 4West Virginia1 in 787
  5. 5South Dakota1 in 877
  6. 6Montana1 in 990
  7. 7Kentucky1 in 1,042
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 1,064

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Oaklee is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 90% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Oaklee is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Oaklee was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 6,667 boys, against 1 in 25,196 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

115 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 6,667
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 9,091
  3. 3Indiana1 in 11,111
  4. 4Ohio1 in 11,111
  5. 5West Virginia1 in 11,111
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 20,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 25,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Oaklee around the world

Where Oaklee ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2021–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2015–2024
    #1,349
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Oaklee by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#535
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 88
Best rank ever
#446
2023
Peak year
2023
687 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,576
Count in 2025
565

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,017
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 84
Best rank ever
#1,514
2022
Peak year
2022
120 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,017
Count in 2025
75

Names similar to Oaklee

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

OaklynOakleyZayleeHadleeRayleeKynleeAdaleeMayleeOaklynnHarleeEmaleeJayleeOakleighCayleeBryleeKinleeSkyleeOaklieKinsleeRhyleeKaileeCarleeKarleeKenlee

Names with a curve like Oaklee

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Oaklee, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LegacyHaisleyAmaiaIndieSalemMalaniCalliopeNavyOakleighElodieJourniKataleya

Sibling names for Oaklee

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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