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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.

#676 in Ireland (2025) · #873 in England & Wales (2025) · #915 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,577 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,095 in Canada (2025) · #2,503 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,684 in Italy (2024) · #5,785 in France (2025) · #140 in Puerto Rico (2024) · #1,459 in Sweden (2024) · #472 in New Zealand (2023) · #3,023 in Austria (2023) and 1 more.

Famous Oceans

• Ocean Vuong — Vietnamese American poet, essayist and novelist (born 1988)
• Ocean Wisdom — British rapper (born 1993)
• Ocean Robbins — Canadian entrepreneur and author (born 1973)
• Ocean Ou — Taiwanese singer (born 1969)
• Ocean Andrew — American businessman and politician

In stories & tradition

• Ocean Master — Fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics
• Ocean Pony — Fictional seahorse from Wild Kratts

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 (born 1982).

Similar names: Creed · Seven · Flynn · Anakin · Odin · Gatlin

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