Oakleigh

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 182 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
182
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#668
down from #629
UK popularity
#2006
14 babies

How Oakleigh has moved

US popularity rank, 2019–2025. Lower is more popular.
#437#685#932201920222025#668

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YearUS rank
2019#856
2020#861
2021#608
2022#524
2023#508
2024#629
2025#668

Oakleigh by the numbers

In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Oakleigh. In the US, 182 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Oakleigh

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Sounds like Oakleigh

Names that are said the same way as Oakleigh, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Oakleyoak clearing1,377 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Oakleeoak clearing; a modern respelling of Oakley340 in the US (2017)

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