US rank #5016 Girls' name Peak 2004 1,104 births

Oceana — #5016 US girls' name

1,104 babies named Oceana in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51970s111980s251990s2262000s3712010s3042020s162
#5016
of 17,661 girls in use

More common than 72% of names given to girls today.

2000s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Oceana was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

53 babies were named Oceana in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Oceana

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,104 babies named Oceana between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oceana currently holds the #5016 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oceana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 371 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Oceana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 170 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Colorado. In total, SSA state-level files list Oceana in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oceana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,104 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Oceana at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

1,104

Since 1915

110 years of records

Peak year

2004

53 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

#5,016

Among girls

As of 2024

Active since

1915

Recorded for 110 years

Last year on file: 2024

Oceana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2004)
53
Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
0204060 20242018201220062000199419871915 5

Oceana by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
371 births that decade — 34% of Oceana's all-time total
1910s51970s111980s251990s2262000s3712010s3042020s162

Oceana by state

Where Oceana concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Oceana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
170 15.4%
#2 Florida
39 3.5%
#3 Colorado
5 0.5%
#4 Washington
5 0.5%
California share of Oceana's total US births 15.4%
Even split

170 of 1,104 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Oceana?
1,104 babies have been named Oceana since 1915. It currently ranks #5016 among girls. The peak year was 2004 with 53 births.
When was Oceana most popular?
Oceana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 371 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Oceana most popular?
The top states for the name Oceana are California (170 births), Florida (39 births), Colorado (5 births).
How long has the name Oceana been used?
Oceana has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 110 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Oceana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ocean, Oceanna, Oceane, Oceania, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.