Ocean**
#1,313 most common boys' name of all time · #3,144 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1971–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,313
Rank overall
#3,144 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
8,233
Since 2016
5,415
Peak year
2022 #596
Best rank
#591 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 855/yr
Ocean first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 345 | 375 | 720 | #719 |
| 2024 | 328 | 485 | 813 | #591 |
| 2023 | 335 | 466 | 801 | #609 |
| 2022 | 382 | 473 | 855 | #596 |
| 2021 | 313 | 368 | 681 | #712 |
| 2020 | 213 | 292 | 505 | #794 |
| 2019 | 193 | 184 | 377 | #1,090 |
| 2018 | 119 | 166 | 285 | #1,157 |
| 2017 | 77 | 111 | 188 | #1,506 |
| 2016 | 85 | 105 | 190 | #1,571 |
| 2015 | 65 | 82 | 147 | #1,821 |
| 2014 | 79 | 84 | 163 | #1,789 |
| 2013 | 62 | 87 | 149 | #1,699 |
| 2012 | 58 | 63 | 121 | #2,142 |
| 2011 | 43 | 70 | 113 | #1,975 |
| 2010 | 57 | 80 | 137 | #1,827 |
| 2009 | 60 | 89 | 149 | #1,739 |
| 2008 | 75 | 113 | 188 | #1,462 |
| 2007 | 91 | 99 | 190 | #1,588 |
| 2006 | 67 | 83 | 150 | #1,703 |
| 2005 | 93 | 67 | 160 | #1,906 |
| 2004 | 73 | 45 | 118 | #2,471 |
| 2003 | 66 | 69 | 135 | #1,757 |
| 2002 | 56 | 54 | 110 | #2,034 |
| 2001 | 50 | 32 | 82 | #2,904 |
| 2000 | 46 | 28 | 74 | #3,112 |
| 1999 | 43 | 27 | 70 | #3,066 |
| 1998 | 57 | 32 | 89 | #2,630 |
| 1997 | 71 | 35 | 106 | #2,374 |
| 1996 | 39 | 32 | 71 | #2,469 |
| 1995 | 33 | 25 | 58 | #2,890 |
| 1994 | 39 | 38 | 77 | #2,164 |
| 1993 | 23 | 24 | 47 | #2,911 |
| 1992 | 19 | 10 | 29 | #5,441 |
| 1991 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #7,659 |
| 1990 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #7,552 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1975 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1974 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #5,065 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | — |