How Many People Are Named Ocean?
people named Ocean are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 41,854 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,233 babies named Ocean in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
855 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Simply from the English word ocean for a large body of water. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ωκεανος (Okeanos), the name of the body of water thought to surround the Earth.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ocean, 46.5% were girls and 53.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ocean fell from 59.8% in the 1990s to 43.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ocean alive today is about 9 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ocean first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2022, to 855 babies. In 2025, 720 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ocean has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #592, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #720. Among girls, its best rank was #755, in 2022.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #720 | #787 |
| Best rank | #592 (2024) | #755 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #661 in the 2020s | #851 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ocean alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ocean were born in California than in any other state: about 1,327 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ocean was given 13.5 times as often in Hawaii, 2.3 times in Florida and 1.9 times in California.
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