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Oaklyn

#637 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Oakley

Oaklyn has been given to 5,400 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #637 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 630 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Oaklyn, 2025

1 in 7,270

Oaklyn 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Oaklyn over time

In 2025, Oaklyn went to 95% girls and 5% boys.

20062025

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.

Oaklyn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Oakley

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oaklyn means

Oaklyn is a variant of Oakley.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Oaklyn → 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, 5,027 girls were recorded with the name Oaklyn between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 630 in 2018; its best national rank was #494 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #562 in 2020 to #637 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,079 in 2015 to #637 in 2025.

In the United States, 373 boys were recorded with the name Oaklyn between 2014 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 52 in 2018; its best national rank was #2,498 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,013 in 2020 to #4,493 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,520 in 2015 to #4,493 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 Oaklyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 7,270
456 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 3,520
0.03% of girls
Rank, 2025
#637
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
5,040 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Oaklyn 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 1001%
School of 5007%

Put another way: gather 5,040 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oaklyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Oaklyns were born

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

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
62.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,027
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 62.1% of all recorded uses (3,122).

Is Oaklyn 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
−40
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−75
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,442
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
8.29×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
72.4%
Peak was 2018 (630)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
50.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#494
2018

Spellings of Oaklyn

Oaklyn is not the most common spelling — Jaclyn is, with 16.4% against Oaklyn's 1.7%.

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 Oaklyn is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Oaklyn was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 585 girls, against 1 in 2,876 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 50,000).

2171 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Dakota1 in 585
  2. 2West Virginia1 in 680
  3. 3South Dakota1 in 787
  4. 4Iowa1 in 885
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 952
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 1,220
  7. 7Nebraska1 in 1,316
  8. 8Alabama1 in 1,333

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, Oaklyn is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 78% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Oaklyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Oaklyn was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 864,225 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 in —
  2. 2Michigan1 in —
  3. 3Tennessee1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

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. Oaklyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Oaklyn around the world

Where Oaklyn 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
    2018–2025
    #2,788
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #407
    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.

Oaklyn by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#637
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 75
Best rank ever
#494
2018
Peak year
2018
630 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,027
Count in 2025
456

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,493
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,480
Best rank ever
#2,498
2018
Peak year
2018
52 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
373
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Oaklyn

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

OakleeOakleyJailynJaslynCailynJaylynCarlynMarlynAvalynOaklynnOakleighEmelynEvalynOaklieMaelynCaelynAdilynKarlynMadlynKathlynJalynJerilynTaelynJoslyn

Names with a curve like Oaklyn

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

EmberlyEnsleyLegacyIndieBellamyLennoxEverleeMeilaniFreyjaNovahBriarReign

Sibling names for Oaklyn

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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