nationally, outside of this rap shit, when u mention the Bay Area most people will only recognize Oakland, San Jose, and San Fransico. Those are the main cities here. Those are the 3 biggest cities with San Jose being the biggest.
Those are the cities with international airports, sport teams (SF 49ers/ Giants, Oakland Raiders/Warriors/ As, San Jose Sharks) etc...
But if u wanna name all the cities in the bay area, that would take forever because there are hundreds of them....the bay is fucken deep.