Oceana

Peak · girls
2004 · 53 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,147
since 1915

Oceana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Oceana has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,965, 2004girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
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2025#3,51743
2024#5,02126
2023#4,11435
2022#3,65342
2021#4,32632
2020#4,75727
2019#4,54630
2018#4,35732
2017#4,14735
2016#4,85028
2015#5,65323
2014#4,10336
2013#5,14326
2012#4,38733
2011#4,35333
2010#4,97428
2009#4,80530
2008#4,26836
2007#3,78642
2006#3,99237
2005#4,58129
2004#2,96553
2003#3,59039
2002#4,17930
2001#3,25642
2000#3,80833
1999#5,66118
1998#3,35336
1997#3,44833
1996#4,05926
1995#3,96926
1994#6,31914
1993#6,26414
1992#5,26718
1991#7,43011
1990#3,52330
1989#6,16013
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Oceana! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1976, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Oceana is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,487 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 23,103 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Oceana, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103

Best ever in a state: #833 in Colorado, 2004.

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See more about Oceana
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,504 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #3,517)
  • 1,240 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #3,517)
  • 2,136 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #3,517)
Rise & fade · girls
89 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2004 at #2,965 (53 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,646
  • Highest: 1 in 34,646 girls born in 2004 were named Oceana (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,378 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.3% of all girls named Oceana (371) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,274 (1915)#4,274
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1970s11#8,444 (1977)#8,864
1980s25#6,160 (1989)#8,431
1990s226#3,353 (1998)#4,929
2000s371#2,965 (2004)#3,923
2010s304#4,103 (2014)#4,651
2020s205#3,517 (2025)#4,231

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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