Oceana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-shee-AN-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Oceana is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “ocean”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Oceana mean?
Greek: from Latin oceanus, from Greek Okeanos
“ocean”
From the word ocean, which goes back to Okeanos, the great river encircling the world in Greek myth.
Is Oceana a girl's or a boy's name?
Oceana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oceana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Oceana, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Oceana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Oceana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Oceana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Oceana 12
- Oceanna 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Oceana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Oceana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Oceana, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more girls named Oceana than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Oceana in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Oceana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Oceana 43
- Oceanna 5
Oceana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,961 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Oceana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna, Orla, Eliana, Kiara, Ariana, Arabella, Isabella, Lyra, Ariella, Sophia, Athena, Maeva
Other spellings of Oceana
Names related to Oceana
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oceana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oceana, updated 20 October 2026.