Oakland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OHK-lund
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,244 for boys
Oakland is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “land of oaks”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,244th for boys in the US (160 babies).
What does Oakland mean?
English: English place name, after the California city
“land of oaks”
The California city took its name from the oak woodland that once covered the area.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Oakland a girl's or a boy's name?
Oakland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 48 girls and 160 boys in the US.
How popular is Oakland in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Oakland, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Oakland in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
How popular is Oakland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,244among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 160about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 160 boys in the US were named Oakland, making it the 1,244th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,489th. It first appears in the records in 1919. 48 girls were also named Oakland in 2025 (3,249th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Oakland of any year since it first appeared, in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Oakland in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 166 boys in the US were given Oakland or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,103, up from #1,244 for this spelling alone.
- Oakland 160
- Oaklynd 6
In 2025, 23% of the babies named Oakland in the US were girls.
Oakland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | #1,244 |
| 2024 | 151 | #1,295 |
| 2023 | 149 | #1,288 |
| 2022 | 158 | #1,245 |
| 2021 | 151 | #1,262 |
| 2020 | 114 | #1,489 |
| 2019 | 86 | #1,790 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,617 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
Nicknames for Oakland
- Oak 7 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Oakland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Archer Albie Rowan Jaxon Marley Finley Grayson Atlas Enzo Ozzy Ronan
Other spellings of Oakland
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oakland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oakland, updated 20 October 2026.