Ocean

Where Ocean comes from

From ocean (“sea”), inspired by the fashionable French female name Océane.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ocean
  • English
Along the way
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #4,634 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Ocean Ramsey born
    American conservationist
  3. 1988
    Ocean Vuong born
    Vietnamese American poet, essayist and novelist
  4. 2020
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2024
    Peak, #590
    485 babies named Ocean — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Ocean Vuong · Vietnamese American poet, essayist and novelist, born 1988
  • Ocean Ramsey · American conservationist, born 1987
  • Ocean Hellman · Canadian actress, born 1971
  • Ocean Mushure · association football player, born 1985
  • Ocean Mercier · New Zealand physicist

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.