Oakland
Oakland was the 1248th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 160 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1247th; the most babies were born in 2025 (160). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,958 places. More babies were named Oakland in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,248 boys, up 247 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 160boys
- Girls and boys
- 21% girls, 79% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025160 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,701babies recorded
Oakland popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,282 | #1,248 | 48 | 160 |
| 2020 | #4,728 | #1,495 | 28 | 114 |
| 2010 | — | #8,602 | — | 9 |
| 2000 | — | #11,665 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Oakland, counting every spelling?
Oakland has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,181 for boys in 2025, against #1,248 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Oakland?
160 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Oakland (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Oakland born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 52 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Oakland.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Oakland?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Oakland are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Oakland a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Oakland by state
How common Oakland was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (3.2×), Kentucky (2.9×), Georgia (2.3×), North Carolina (2.2×), Indiana (2.2×). In 31 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Oakland: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Oakland, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Oakland
How popular is the name Oakland?
Oakland was the 1248th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 160 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1247th; the most babies were born in 2025 (160). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,958 places. More babies were named Oakland in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Oakland a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 21% girls, 79% boys given the name Oakland in the US.
Where is Oakland most popular?
In 2021–2025, Oakland was most common in Tennessee (0.29 per 1,000 boys), followed by Kentucky and Oklahoma.