Unisex name · since 1919
Oakland
1,409 babies named Oakland in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,244 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,409
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oakland currently ranks #1244 among unisex names in America, with 1,409 babies recorded since 1919.
Social Security Administration records show Oakland recorded 1,409 times among boys since 1919, holding rank #1244 nationally today, ahead of 91% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #4,130 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,244 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,409 born since 1919
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oakland ranks #4,130 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,244 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,409 born since 1919, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,244 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,409
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
Oakland's 1,409 recorded births place it above 90.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Oakland compares
1,409 Top 27% higher than 73% of 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
Oakland's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Oakland | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,409 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 160 | 34 | 22,252 |
Oakland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Oakland splits its recorded history at 2011: 93% of all births land in the more recent half, 7% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 160 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Oakland popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 160
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Oakland popularity over time - girls
292 total births recorded since 2013 (Oakland as girls' name)
Oakland by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (883 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Oakland's strongest decade.
883 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Oakland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 74
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
430 births
- 2020s
2020s
883 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 883 births (63% of all-time use).
How Oakland compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Oakland's total volume
Oakland by state
Where Oakland concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 80 | 5.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 74 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 72 | 5.1% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 56 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 55 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 37 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 36 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 32 | 2.3% |
80 of 1,409 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Oakland appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Oakland's data
- Georgia records the most Oaklands (80 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Oakland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1919–2025 (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 Oakland 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.