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Oceane

Gender
Girl
Say it
oh-say-AN
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#2,856 for girls
US rank, 2025
#9,454 for girls

Oceane is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “ocean”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).

What does Oceane mean?

French: French feminine from ocean, Greek okeanos

“ocean”

Is Oceane a girl's or a boy's name?

Oceane is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Oceane in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,856among girls
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Oceane, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 girls.

Half of all the girls named Oceane in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 11 in 20222025
Oceane in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
20246#3,758
20230–
202211#2,450
20214#4,864
20205#4,110
20196#3,738
20187#3,344
20175#4,250
20165#4,290
20155#4,294
20147#3,321
20130–
20126#3,881
20111#7,717
20104#4,931
200910#2,478
20084#4,742
20077#3,060
20065#3,724
20055#3,543
20044#3,916
20031#5,865
20025#3,047
20010–
20000–
19995#2,912
19980–
19971#5,110

How popular is Oceane in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9,454among girls
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 160,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 104% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Oceane, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.

2025 had fewer girls named Oceane than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Oceane in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2002Busiest: 24 in 20232025
Oceane in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510#9,454
202413#7,962
202324#5,245
202221#5,790
202111#8,973
20206#13,448
20198#11,350
20189#10,540
20176#14,120
201610#10,109
20159#10,861
20147#13,063
20137#13,145
20127#13,477
20116#14,816
201011#9,786
20099#11,454
20080–
20075#17,630
20067#13,601
20056#14,495
20045#16,092
20030–
20026#13,589

Names like Oceane

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Oceane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oceane, updated 20 October 2026.