Girls' name · since 1895
Ocea
27 babies named Ocea in U.S. Social Security records since 1895, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 27
- total births
- 1895–2022
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Ocea is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 27 have been recorded since 1895.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ocea has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1895, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1895 to 2022.
- 27 total births
- 1895–2022 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
27 girls have been named Ocea since 1895, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 2022.
- 27
- total births
- 1895–2022
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Ocea was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Ocea in 1918 - its busiest year on record.
Ocea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ocea's full recorded timeline at 1918, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1895, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ocea at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ocea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1895–2022
- Peak year (1918)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2022.
27 total births across 128 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 6 births in a single year.
Ocea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Ocea's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Ocea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 11 births (41% of all-time use).
Ocea decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Ocea's data
- Ocea's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1895–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Ocea: Baby Name Since 1895 - 27 Births, Peak 1918." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/ocea. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ocea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
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