Oakland
#1,248 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Oakland has been given to 1,701 babies in the U.S. since 1919. In 2025 it ranked #1,248 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 160 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.
Babies named Oakland, 2025
1 in 20,700
Oakland over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Oakland over time
In 2025, Oakland went to 23% girls and 77% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Oakland?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 20,700
- 160 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 10,700
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,248
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 14,363 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Oakland sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 14,363 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oakland. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Oaklands were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Oakland was born before 2021 — so the typical Oakland is around 4 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 62.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 98.1%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,392
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 62.7% of all recorded uses (883).
Is Oakland rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +53
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +247
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,957
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 4.44×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (160)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 30.0% average annual change
Spellings of Oakland
Oakland is not the most common spelling — Garland is, with 55.7% against Oakland's 3.3%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Oakland is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Oakland was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 5,000 boys, against 1 in 15,453 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Oakland is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Oakland was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,207,282 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Oakland has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Oakland around the world
Where Oakland ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2020–2025#2,952in 2025
- Canada2009–2024#1,071in 2024
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Oakland by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Oakland
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Oakland
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.