girls:
201 births since 2013
#5515 (3rd percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1919
#3506 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1919
#6446 (17th percentile)
The name Oakland is the #6,446 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,296 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 16.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,506 (23.5% percentile) for all time with 1,095 births since 1919. For girls, it ranks #5,515 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 201 births since 2013.
Oakland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Oakland is available in 28 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (28 years for boys and 11 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Oakland has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 78.7% of babies named Oakland were boys.
For boys, Oakland reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 16.6% percentile (ranked #771) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 84 births per million (ranked 16.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Oakland is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #768 (15.7% percentile) with 81 births per million.
For girls, Oakland reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #912) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Oakland is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #912 (3.7% percentile) with 23 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oakland".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Oakland. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.6% confident that Oakland is pronounced as OHK-luhnd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OHK-land, at 19.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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