# Oaklyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/oaklyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,400 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 373 / 5,027 (93% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 93, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Oakley with -lyn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 10,981 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,115 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,789 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,983 |
| 2015 | 55 | 3,079 |
| 2016 | 162 | 1,430 |
| 2017 | 434 | 677 |
| 2018 | 630 | 494 |
| 2019 | 521 | 587 |
| 2020 | 523 | 562 |
| 2021 | 528 | 574 |
| 2022 | 592 | 528 |
| 2023 | 517 | 579 |
| 2024 | 506 | 597 |
| 2025 | 456 | 637 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9 | 8,610 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,525 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,614 |
| 2017 | 40 | 2,990 |
| 2018 | 52 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 30 | 3,693 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3,014 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,160 |
| 2022 | 47 | 2,784 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,210 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,375 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,494 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.