Ocean
2025 SSA
About Ocean
Nature names like Ocean and River are flowing back into favor, especially with nature lovers and green-oriented parents. In 2024, it was given to 483 boys and 325 girls, making this a unisex favorite in the US, while in the UK, it is considerably more popular for girls.
Forest Whitaker, an inspired child namer (his other kids are called Sonnet and True), has a son named Ocean Alexander, while Amber Heard named one of her twins Ocean in 2025, brother to Agnes.
Variations include Oceanus, the name of the child who was born during the voyage of the Mayflower, and Oceane, a wildly popular girls' name in France.
Pronounced OH-shun.
As of October 2026, Ocean ranked #720 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #591 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #500.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,791 | 84 | 43.7 |
| 2015 | #1,821 | 82 | 42.8 |
| 2016 | #1,573 | 105 | 55.3 |
| 2017 | #1,504 | 111 | 60 |
| 2018 | #1,158 | 166 | 91.4 |
| 2019 | #1,087 | 184 | 102.6 |
| 2020 | #795 | 292 | 169.2 |
| 2021 | #712 | 368 | 210.3 |
| 2022 | #597 | 472 | 270.3 |
| 2023 | #609 | 465 | 271.8 |
| 2024 | #591 | 483 | 280.3 |
| 2025 | #720 | 375 | 219.5 |
World rankings
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Ocean on lists
Famous Oceans
- Ocean Maturo
American child actor
- Ocean Vuong
American poet and essayist
- Ocean King PenaVega (b. 2016)
son of actors Carlos and Alexa PenaVega
- Brady Ocean Terenzi (b. 2015)
son of singers Marc Terenzi and Sarah Connor
- Charlie Ocean Goldblum (b. 2015)
son of actor Jeff Goldblum
- Jet Ocean Letts (b. 2017)
son of model Gemma Ward and David Letts
- Frank Ocean
American singer
Ocean in pop culture
- Daniel "Danny" Ocean
main character in the "Ocean's 11" films