Oakes
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning oak trees; place name.
Oakes by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Oakes. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Oakes. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Oaksplural of oak tree12 in the US (2017)
- Oakenmade of oak wood11 in the US (2017)
- Oakleyoak clearing1,377 in England and Wales (2025)
- Oakleeoak clearing; a modern respelling of Oakley340 in the US (2017)
- Oaklenoak tree clearing; a variant of Oakley21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Oakly3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Oakes
Names that are said the same way as Oakes, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Oax4 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a tree
Like Oakes, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliverolive tree; peace3,154 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashtonash tree settlement3,129 in the US (2017)
- Ashleyash tree meadow2,549 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Oakes
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