Oakleigh
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- OHK-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #666 for girls
Oakleigh is a name of English origin, meaning “oak clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 666th for girls in the US (423 babies).
What does Oakleigh mean?
English: spelling of Oakley, an English place name and surname
“oak clearing”
A spelling of Oakley, from Old English ac, 'oak', and leah, 'woodland clearing'.
Is Oakleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Oakleigh has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls and 7 boys in the UK and 423 girls in the US.
How popular is Oakleigh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Oakleigh, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 32 girls. 7 boys were also named Oakleigh in 2025 (3,021st for boys).
Half of all the girls named Oakleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 68 girls in the UK were given Oakleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #580, up from #1,690 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 72% of the babies named Oakleigh in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Oakleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Oakleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 666th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 423 about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 423 girls in the US were named Oakleigh, making it the 666th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 858th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 598 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had fewer girls named Oakleigh than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Oakleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,993 girls in the US were given Oakleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #107, up from #666 for this spelling alone.
Oakleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 423 | #666 |
| 2024 | 471 | #629 |
| 2023 | 598 | #507 |
| 2022 | 597 | #522 |
| 2021 | 495 | #605 |
| 2020 | 315 | #858 |
| 2019 | 313 | #854 |
| 2018 | 207 | #1,162 |
| 2017 | 182 | #1,291 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,550 |
| 2015 | 116 | #1,793 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
Names like Oakleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh, Ocean, Orla, Harper, Eden, Nova, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Lyra, Wren, Maeva
Other spellings of Oakleigh
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie
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, “Oakleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oakleigh, updated 20 October 2026.