Oakland

#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · #1,244 for boys in 2025, 160 births
Given to boys 82.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 160 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,409
since 1919

Oakland over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,24948#1,244160
2024#3,57543#1,295151
2023#3,76340#1,288149
2022#4,47231#1,245158
2021#3,88338#1,262151
2020#4,64828#1,489114
2019#5,61222#1,79086
2018#11,4278#1,617101
2017#14,1246#2,10965
2016#11,7818#2,62647
2015#16,4195#3,14936
2014#10,9559#3,61729
2013#14,5826#3,86426
2012#4,86219
2011#6,57812
2010#8,1399
2009#9,8647
2008#9,0198
2007#10,9216
2006#6,09413
2005#9,1157
2004#8,9277
2003#7,8318
2002#8,4567
2001#9,2436
2000#10,3495
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1923#4,2395
1922#3,5327
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five boys were named Oakland! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Oakland
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 51 spots since 2024 (#1,295#1,244)
  • 245 spots since 2020 (#1,489#1,244)
  • 1,905 spots since 2015 (#3,149#1,244)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 2025 at #1,244 (160 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,675
  • Highest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 were named Oakland (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 62.7% of all boys named Oakland (883) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,168 (1919)#4,168
1920s12#3,532 (1922)#3,886
1930s0
1940s0
1950s0
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s5#9,265 (1997)#9,265
2000s74#6,094 (2006)#8,982
2010s430#1,617 (2018)#3,835
2020s883#1,244 (2025)#1,304

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Oakland in 2022

girls
#4,472
31 births · 1 in 52,907 girls
boys
#1,245
158 births · 1 in 11,051 boys

Top girls' names in 2022

  1. #1Olivia16,670
  2. #2Emma14,512
  3. #3Charlotte12,952
  4. #4Amelia12,415
  5. #5Sophia12,382
  6. #6Isabella11,761
  7. #7Ava11,107
  8. #8Mia11,077
  9. #9Evelyn9,332
  10. #10Luna8,977
  11. #4,472Oakland31

Top boys' names in 2022

  1. #1Liam20,579
  2. #2Noah18,758
  3. #3Oliver15,176
  4. #4James12,119
  5. #5Elijah12,094
  6. #6William11,356
  7. #7Henry11,272
  8. #8Lucas10,973
  9. #9Benjamin10,912
  10. #10Theodore10,824
  11. #1,245Oakland158
More about 2022

girls

1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 52,907 of them was named Oakland, which outranked 74.8% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oakland
  1. #4,378Zamaria32
  2. #4,378Zianna32
  3. #4,378Zunaira32
  4. #4,472Oakland31
  5. #4,472Adriel31
  6. #4,472Aiya31
  7. #4,472Aleesia31
  8. #4,582Aalia30
  9. #4,582Aamira30
  10. #4,582Abbygail30

Tied with 109 names at #4,472; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 698Wrenlee#1,410#712
  2. 686Neriah#1,680#994
  3. 487Arlet#1,229#742
  4. 424Georgina#1,304#880
  5. 413Amiri#1,293#880
Fallers
  1. 282Tatiana#992#1,274
  2. 245Alaiya#721#966
  3. 239Aarna#967#1,206
  4. 231Jaylene#975#1,206
  5. 227Aviana#521#748

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 11,051 of them was named Oakland, which outranked 91.3% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oakland
  1. #1,237Sire159
  2. #1,237Skylar159
  3. #1,237Zackary159
  4. #1,245Oakland158
  5. #1,245Alessio158
  6. #1,245Anson158
  7. #1,245Raheem158
  8. #1,250Greysen156
  9. #1,250Jermaine156
  10. #1,250Jettson156

Tied with 4 names at #1,245; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 988Dutton#1,823#835
  2. 489Kayce#1,076#587
  3. 412Chosen#1,307#895
  4. 396Khaza#1,230#834
  5. 348Eithan#849#501
Fallers
  1. 324Jacoby#885#1,209
  2. 243Turner#937#1,180
  3. 233Aydin#897#1,130
  4. 218Juelz#991#1,209
  5. 216Jamal#868#1,084

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2022