Oaklee
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- OHK-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #535 for girls
Unisex
Oaklee is a name of English origin, meaning “oak clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 535th for girls in the US (565 babies).
What does Oaklee mean?
English: spelling of Oakley
“oak clearing”
A spelling of Oakley, an English surname from place names meaning 'oak clearing' or 'oak wood'.
Is Oaklee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Oaklee has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 13 boys in the UK and 565 girls and 75 boys in the US.
How popular is Oaklee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Oaklee, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys. 5 girls were also named Oaklee in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Oaklee than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Oaklee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,487 boys in the UK were given Oaklee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #35, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 28% of the babies named Oaklee in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Oaklee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
How popular is Oaklee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #535among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 565about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 565 girls in the US were named Oaklee, making it the 535th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 623rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 687 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999. 75 boys were also named Oaklee in 2025 (2,006th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Oaklee than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Oaklee in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,993 girls in the US were given Oaklee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #107, up from #535 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 88% of the babies named Oaklee in the US were girls.
Oaklee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 565 | #535 |
| 2024 | 598 | #515 |
| 2023 | 687 | #445 |
| 2022 | 682 | #465 |
| 2021 | 645 | #487 |
| 2020 | 470 | #623 |
| 2019 | 371 | #756 |
| 2018 | 316 | #856 |
| 2017 | 280 | #942 |
| 2016 | 208 | #1,197 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,454 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,876 |
| 2013 | 110 | #1,834 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,694 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Oaklee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie Hudson Archer Finley Rowan Jaxon Alfie Marley Cillian Atlas Theo Grayson
Other spellings of Oaklee
Names related to Oaklee
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oaklee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oaklee, updated 20 October 2026.