Ocean
Rank in 2025
#785
recorded as girls
#717
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
720
girls 345 · boys 375
Peak year
2024
485 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
8,233
since 1971
Born an Ocean? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ocean was most popular in 2024, when 485 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.28 per 1,000). In 2025, 375 babies were named Ocean, ranking #717 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 112%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 345 | 785 | 375 | 717 |
| 2024 | 328 | 832 | 485 | 590 |
| 2023 | 335 | 823 | 466 | 609 |
| 2022 | 382 | 754 | 473 | 596 |
| 2021 | 313 | 871 | 368 | 712 |
| 2020 | 213 | 1130 | 292 | 794 |
| 2019 | 193 | 1209 | 184 | 1085 |
| 2018 | 119 | 1727 | 166 | 1154 |
| 2017 | 77 | 2357 | 111 | 1502 |
| 2016 | 85 | 2247 | 105 | 1563 |
| 2015 | 65 | 2712 | 82 | 1815 |
| 2014 | 79 | 2323 | 84 | 1781 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2769 | 87 | 1695 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2935 | 63 | 2132 |
| 2011 | 43 | 3603 | 70 | 1968 |
| 2010 | 57 | 2976 | 80 | 1816 |
| 2009 | 60 | 2892 | 89 | 1731 |
| 2008 | 75 | 2511 | 113 | 1452 |
| 2007 | 91 | 2177 | 99 | 1576 |
| 2006 | 67 | 2669 | 83 | 1698 |
| 2005 | 93 | 2014 | 67 | 1889 |
| 2004 | 73 | 2345 | 45 | 2452 |
| 2003 | 66 | 2465 | 69 | 1749 |
| 2002 | 56 | 2709 | 54 | 2019 |
| 2001 | 50 | 2881 | 32 | 2864 |
| 2000 | 46 | 3020 | 28 | 3075 |
| 1999 | 43 | 3048 | 27 | 3031 |
| 1998 | 57 | 2429 | 32 | 2599 |
| 1997 | 71 | 2002 | 35 | 2347 |
| 1996 | 39 | 3028 | 32 | 2441 |
| 1995 | 33 | 3357 | 25 | 2847 |
| 1994 | 39 | 2988 | 38 | 2123 |
| 1993 | 23 | 4393 | 24 | 2865 |
| 1992 | 19 | 5051 | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | 10 | 7987 | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | 16 | 5549 | 6 | 7178 |
| 1989 | 11 | 6955 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | 8391 | <5 | — |
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| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 9 | 5984 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 8 | 6258 | 6 | 4634 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 46% · boys 54% across all years