NameTides

Oakland

Oakland was the #1,244 boys' name in the US in 2025 (160 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Oakland as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Oakland as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Oakland as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,244 (160)#2,952 (7)#782 (34)
2024#1,295 (151)#2,922 (7)#1,056 (23)
2023#1,288 (149)—#819 (30)
2022#1,245 (158)#3,450 (5)#944 (25)
2021#1,262 (151)—#739 (36)
2020#1,489 (114)#4,608 (3)#802 (30)
2019#1,790 (86)—#1,205 (17)
2018#1,617 (101)—#835 (28)
2017#2,109 (65)—#1,349 (14)
2016#2,626 (47)—#2,428 (6)
2015#3,149 (36)—#2,387 (6)
2014#3,617 (29)—#2,667 (5)
2013#3,864 (26)——
2012#4,862 (19)—#2,368 (6)
2011#6,578 (12)——

Oakland as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Oakland as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Oakland as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSCanada
2025#3,249 (48)—
2024#3,575 (43)—
2023#3,763 (40)—
2022#4,472 (31)#2,315 (8)
2021#3,883 (38)#2,893 (6)
2020#4,648 (28)—
2019#5,612 (22)—
2018#11,427 (8)—
2017#14,124 (6)—
2016#11,781 (8)—
2015#16,419 (5)—
2014#10,955 (9)—
2013#14,582 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,244.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1919.
  • In 2025, 23% of US babies named Oakland were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 33,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Oakland is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Oakland by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Oakland (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OaklandCanadaGirls—too few
OaklandCanadaBoys#78234
OaklandEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
OaklandUSGirls#3,24948
OaklandUSBoys#1,244160