Oakland is a place name that means "land of oaks", best known as the city across the bay from San Francisco. As a baby name it rides two waves at once: the fondness for oak names like Oakley and Oaklyn and the fashion for city names like Memphis and Dallas. Oakland has climbed from number 11,665 in 2000 to a best rank of number 1,247 in 2022 and sits at number 1,248 among boys' names in 2025.