Oakland
Quick answers about Oakland
How many people are named Oakland?
An estimated 1,381 living Americans are named Oakland.
How rare is Oakland?
Oakland is uncommon among babies today, with 160 boys receiving the name in 2025, matching its recorded peak.
How old is the typical Oakland?
The median age of a living American named Oakland is approximately 5 years, with most bearers falling between 3 and 8 years old.
Is Oakland still popular?
Yes — Oakland is currently rising in popularity, with 160 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 7.2× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Oakland most common?
Oakland has its strongest geographic signal in Tennessee, where it appears 3.4× more often than the national baseline.
Oakland is most concentrated in Tennessee — about 3.4× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Georgia.
States where Oakland is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.