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Ocean

Boy's name · #720 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

56% boys · 44% girls — Ocean is also given to girls: 345 in 2025, about 44% in recent years. Ocean →

Popularity over time

Ocean reached its best rank, #592, in 2024 and ranked #720 in 2025. About 4,400 boys have carried it since 1974.

Across the states

In recent years, Ocean ran about 7× its national rate in Hawaii.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Ocean ranks in other countries and regions.

#783 in Ireland (2025) · #887 in England & Wales (2025) · #915 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,577 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,503 in Switzerland (2025) · #936 in Canada (2024).

Famous Oceans

• Ocean Vuong — Vietnamese American poet, essayist and novelist (born 1988)
• Ocean Mushure — Zimbabwean footballer (born 1985)
• Ocean Hai — Chinese singer
• Ocean Ou — Taiwanese singer
• Ocean Wisdom — British rapper

In stories & tradition

• Ocean Master — Aquaman · Justice League
• Ocean Pony — Wild Kratts (TV series)

What Oceans become

Among 24 notable people named Ocean:

Entertainers appear 3.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ocean Hai, Chinese singer.

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