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Oakley-Ray

Gender
Boy
Say it
OHK-lee-RAY
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys

Oakley-Ray is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “oak clearing + counsel protector”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Oakley-Ray mean?

English: Oakley + Ray

“oak clearing + counsel protector”

Joins Oakley (English, “oak clearing”) and Ray (Germanic, “counsel protector”).

Meanings borrowed from Oakley and Ray.

Is Oakley-Ray a girl's or a boy's name?

Oakley-Ray is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Oakley-Ray in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,065th among boys
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Oakley-Ray, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 3 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2019Busiest: 3 in 20202025
Oakley-Ray in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20240–
20233#5,193
20220–
20210–
20203#4,803
20191#6,258

Names like Oakley-Ray

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Oakley-Ray: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oakley-ray, updated 20 October 2026.