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Oakland

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 16% girls / 84% boys

Oakland first appears in the U.S. data in 1919 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2022 with 158 babies (rank #1,246 that year). In 2024 it was given to 151 boys (rank #1,296). The name has been rising over the last five years.

1,491

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

158

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Names ranked near Oakland in 2024

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1919	5	#4,613
1922	7	#3,772
1923	5	#4,709
1997	5	#10,352
2000	5	#11,664
2001	6	#10,180
2002	7	#9,124
2003	8	#8,407
2004	7	#9,664
2005	7	#9,853
2006	13	#6,362
2007	6	#11,951
2008	8	#9,612
2009	7	#10,665
2010	9	#8,602
2011	12	#6,890
2012	19	#4,992
2013	26	#3,933
2014	29	#3,668
2015	36	#3,205
2016	47	#2,650
2017	65	#2,126
2018	101	#1,621
2019	86	#1,801
2020	113	#1,501
2021	151	#1,265
2022	158	#1,246
2023	148	#1,296
2024	151	#1,296