Oaklie
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- OHK-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,028 for girls
Oaklie is a name of English origin, meaning “oak clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 3,028th for girls in the US (54 babies).
What does Oaklie mean?
English: spelling of Oakley, an English place name and surname
“oak clearing”
A spelling of Oakley, from Old English ac, 'oak', and leah, 'clearing'.
Is Oaklie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Oaklie has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 8 boys in the UK and 54 girls in the US.
How popular is Oaklie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 567% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Oaklie, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. 6 girls were also named Oaklie in 2025 (3,776th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Oaklie of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
In 2025, 1,487 boys in the UK were given Oaklie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #35, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Oaklie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
How popular is Oaklie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,028th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54 about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the US were named Oaklie, making it the 3,028th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Oaklie in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,993 girls in the US were given Oaklie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #107, up from #3,028 for this spelling alone.
Oaklie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,028 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,819 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,894 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,608 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Oaklie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Frankie, Ronnie, Reggie, Hudson, Otis, Vinnie, Omar, Sonny, Jesse, Otto, Freddie
Other spellings of Oaklie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Oaklie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oaklie, updated 20 October 2026.