Boys' name · since 2012
Oaklan
Oaklan has 299 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,606 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,233 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 299
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Oaklan is the #4233 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 299 recorded since 2012.
Oaklan has 299 recorded births among boys since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4233 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #10,606 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,233 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 299 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oaklan ranks #10,606 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,233 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 299 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,606 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,233 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 299
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oaklan's 299 recorded births place it above 76.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Oaklan compares
299 45th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Oaklan's all-time total is 19% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oaklan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 299 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oaklan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oaklan splits its recorded history at 2019: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oaklan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Oaklan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (195 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Oaklan's strongest decade.
195 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Oaklan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
195 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 195 births (65% of all-time use).
Oaklan by state
Where Oaklan concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.7% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 299 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- North Carolina records the most Oaklans (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Oaklan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Oaklan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.