# Ocean (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ocean/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “sea” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,233 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,411 / 3,822 (46% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,483, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Ocean is grouped under sea.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 3,646 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,800 |
| 2014 | 79 | 2,344 |
| 2015 | 65 | 2,731 |
| 2016 | 85 | 2,260 |
| 2017 | 77 | 2,379 |
| 2018 | 119 | 1,737 |
| 2019 | 193 | 1,212 |
| 2020 | 213 | 1,130 |
| 2021 | 313 | 871 |
| 2022 | 382 | 755 |
| 2023 | 335 | 823 |
| 2024 | 328 | 832 |
| 2025 | 345 | 787 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 1,982 |
| 2012 | 63 | 2,149 |
| 2013 | 87 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 84 | 1,791 |
| 2015 | 82 | 1,821 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,574 |
| 2017 | 111 | 1,505 |
| 2018 | 166 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 184 | 1,087 |
| 2020 | 292 | 795 |
| 2021 | 368 | 712 |
| 2022 | 473 | 596 |
| 2023 | 466 | 609 |
| 2024 | 485 | 592 |
| 2025 | 375 | 720 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 973 |
| 2012 | 66 | 635 |
| 2013 | 58 | 684 |
| 2014 | 52 | 750 |
| 2015 | 51 | 760 |
| 2016 | 55 | 727 |
| 2017 | 58 | 701 |
| 2018 | 58 | 689 |
| 2019 | 64 | 616 |
| 2020 | 96 | 439 |
| 2021 | 142 | 333 |
| 2022 | 140 | 313 |
| 2023 | 172 | 260 |
| 2024 | 149 | 296 |
| 2025 | 143 | 306 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 43 | 771 |
| 2022 | 45 | 731 |
| 2023 | 41 | 791 |
| 2024 | 45 | 757 |
| 2025 | 36 | 873 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.