Ocean

boys’ name · 54%girls’ name · 46%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Ocean is ranked 591st among boys in 2024 (483 births). Its best rank was 591st, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #591up 18 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4830.03% of boys
Peak year: 2024483 births
Best rank: #591in 2024
Since 1974: 7,504people given the name

Babies named Ocean, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

4,030 boys have been named Ocean in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 483 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 52%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Ocean is used for both sexes: 46% of its bearers are girls (3,474), most of them born around 2022.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Ocean
1970s	6
1990s	235
2000s	678
2010s	1,031
2020s	2,080

In 2024, its biggest year

Ocean was the 591st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Ocean

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.