Boy name#1,741 of boy names
Ocean
Pronounced OW1 SH AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 51 years in use
How popular is Ocean?
Ocean is a boys' name, and first appears in 1974. It has been given to 7,573 children — the 1,741st most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 494 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- OW1 SH AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ocean
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ocean
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ocean?
- Ocean ranks 1,741st among boys' names in US records, with 7,573 births since 1974. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,797.
- Is Ocean a unisex name?
- No. Ocean is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Ocean most popular?
- 2024, when 494 children were given the name. It has been in use for 51 years and is still recorded as of 2024.