Ocean
A unisex name of Greek origin, meaning from the ocean; from Greek okeanos.
How Ocean has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2020 | #798 |
| 2021 | #712 |
| 2022 | #604 |
| 2023 | #609 |
| 2024 | #591 |
| 2025 | #720 |
Ocean by the numbers
In 2025, 143 babies in England and Wales were named Ocean. In the US, 184 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 109 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ocean. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ocean
Names that are said the same way as Ocean, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Ocean, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ocean
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