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Ocean

#720 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

English word name: ocean

Ocean has been given to 8,233 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #720 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 485 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.

Babies named Ocean, 2025

1 in 8,840

Ocean over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ocean over time

In 2025, Ocean went to 48% girls and 52% boys.

19712025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ocean: meaning, origin, and history

English word name: ocean

English

What Ocean means

Ocean takes the English word ocean into personal-name use.

The older word means “sea”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From ocean (“sea”), inspired by the fashionable French female name Océane.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ocean (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ocean is used in English. Its origins include English.

Ocean is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,411 boys were recorded with the name Ocean between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 485 in 2024; its best national rank was #592 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #795 in 2020 to #720 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,821 in 2015 to #720 in 2025.

In the United States, 3,822 girls were recorded with the name Ocean between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 382 in 2022; its best national rank was #755 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,130 in 2020 to #787 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,731 in 2015 to #787 in 2025.

How common is Ocean?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 8,840
375 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,550
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#720
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,129 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ocean sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,129 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ocean. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Oceans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ocean was born before 2020 — so the typical Ocean is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
55.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,411
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 55.7% of all recorded uses (2,459).

Is Ocean rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−128
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+75
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,101
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
4.57×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
77.3%
Peak was 2024 (485)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#592
2024

Spellings of Ocean

Ocean is not the most common spelling — Sean is, with 45.0% against Ocean's 0.47%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ocean is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Ocean was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 455 boys, against 1 in 5,488 across all states with data. It was least common in Kentucky (1 in 33,333).

3220 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 455
  2. 2Florida1 in 2,703
  3. 3Nevada1 in 3,333
  4. 4New York1 in 3,571
  5. 5California1 in 3,846
  6. 6Georgia1 in 4,167
  7. 7Oregon1 in 4,348
  8. 8Washington1 in 4,348

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Ocean is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 100% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Ocean is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Ocean was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 1,163 girls, against 1 in 6,540 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in 50,000).

286 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 1,163
  2. 2Florida1 in 3,704
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 4,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 4,167
  5. 5Georgia1 in 4,167
  6. 6California1 in 5,263
  7. 7New York1 in 5,263
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 5,556

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ocean around the world

Where Ocean ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #873
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2025–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    1993–2025
    #3,508
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #916
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1998–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ocean

People whose public names include Ocean, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ocean by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#720
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 75
Best rank ever
#592
2024
Peak year
2024
485 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,411
Count in 2025
375

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#787
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 343
Best rank ever
#755
2022
Peak year
2022
382 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,822
Count in 2025
345

Names similar to Ocean

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DeseanEanDaseanKeseanTaureanKeanJaseanKeeanAdreanJeanJseanGeanJayseanJoseanTreseanTyseanSheanLeanOdeanDseanRaseanMarseanDameanElean

Names with a curve like Ocean

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ocean, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AzrielOzzyAzaelJakaiSalemAnderRioTruZakaiEmirCillianKrew

Sibling names for Ocean

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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