girls:
3.1k births since 1971
#3096 (46th percentile)
boys:
3.5k births since 1974
#2095 (54th percentile)
overall:
6.7k births since 1971
#3293 (57th percentile)
The name Ocean is the #3,293 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,681 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 57.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 57.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,095 (54.3% percentile) for all time with 3,539 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #3,096 (45.8% percentile) for all time with 3,142 births since 1971.
Ocean first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1974 for boys). Birth data for Ocean is available in 39 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (39 years for girls and 35 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ocean is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 58.3% of babies named Ocean were boys. Interestingly, until around 2008, the name was more popular for girls (56.5% girls from 1971 to 2007), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (56.1% boys from 2008 to 2023).
For boys, Ocean reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 44.7% percentile (ranked #511) with 250 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 254 births per million (ranked 43.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ocean is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #517 (43.3% percentile) with 254 births per million.
For girls, Ocean reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 37.8% percentile (ranked #596) with 212 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 212 births per million (ranked 37.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ocean ranks #632 for girls (33.3% percentile) with 190 births per million, which is 89.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ocean".
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