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How popular is the name Ocean?

Births per year, rank history and how many Oceans are alive today.

Ocean (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 306th in 2025 with 143 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2023, when 172 babies were given the name, the 260th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Ocean you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Oceans born in England and Wales are between 4 and 19, and there are at least 2,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ocean - on average, only one in every 150 such rooms contains a Ocean.

How many babies are named Ocean each year?

050100150200020201996: 231997: 361998: 361999: 172000: 222001: 202002: 332003: 372004: 432005: 562006: 402007: 612008: 652009: 602010: 652011: 362012: 662013: 582014: 522015: 512016: 552017: 582018: 582019: 642020: 962021: 1422022: 1402023: 1722024: 1492025: 143actual

Where does Ocean rank among girls' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 9161997: ranked 6721998: ranked 6721999: ranked 1,1602000: ranked 9692001: ranked 1,0252002: ranked 7612003: ranked 7422004: ranked 6762005: ranked 5832006: ranked 7702007: ranked 5892008: ranked 5802009: ranked 6212010: ranked 6012011: ranked 9732012: ranked 6352013: ranked 6842014: ranked 7502015: ranked 7602016: ranked 7272017: ranked 7012018: ranked 6892019: ranked 6162020: ranked 4392021: ranked 3332022: ranked 3132023: ranked 2602024: ranked 2962025: ranked 306

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Ocean per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 172 in 2023
Ocean: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ocean most popular?

Ocean peaked in 2023, when 172 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Ocean?

At least 2,100 people named Ocean born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ocean?

Most living Oceans are between 4 and 19; the most common age is about 2.

Is Ocean becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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