Recorded 1990–2023 Girls' name Peak 2018 78 births

Oceania — girls' name

78 babies named Oceania in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s302000s192010s122020s17
1990s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Oceania was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

12 babies were named Oceania in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Oceania

The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Oceania between 1990 and 2023, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oceania currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oceania performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Oceania shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oceania 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 78 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.

Oceania at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

78

Since 1990

34 years of records

Peak year

2018

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1990

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2023

Oceania popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1990

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2018)
12
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
468101214 202320222021201820072006200019991998199519941990 5

Oceania by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
30 births that decade — 38% of Oceania's all-time total
1990s302000s192010s122020s17

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Oceania?
78 babies have been named Oceania since 1990. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2018 with 12 births.
When was Oceania most popular?
Oceania was most popular in the 1990s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Oceania been used?
Oceania has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 34 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Oceania?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ocean, Oceana, Oceanna, Oceane, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1990–2023 (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.