Ocean Popularity

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Region

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England and Wales — female rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#916
1997	#672
1998	#672
1999	#1160
2000	#969
2001	#1025
2002	#761
2003	#742
2004	#676
2005	#583
2006	#770
2007	#589
2008	#580
2009	#621
2010	#601
2011	#973
2012	#635
2013	#684
2014	#750
2015	#760
2016	#727
2017	#701
2018	#689
2019	#616
2020	#439
2021	#333
2022	#313
2023	#260
2024	#296

Demonstration dataSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #260 in England and Wales in 2023.

Ocean's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, count per million births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Count per million	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#296	149	High	Demonstration data
2024	England and Wales	male	#757	45	High	Demonstration data
2023	England and Wales	female	#260	172	High	Demonstration data
2023	England and Wales	male	#791	41	High	Demonstration data
2022	England and Wales	female	#313	140	High	Demonstration data
2022	England and Wales	male	#731	45	High	Demonstration data
2021	England and Wales	female	#333	142	High	Demonstration data
2021	England and Wales	male	#771	43	High	Demonstration data
2020	England and Wales	female	#439	96	High	Demonstration data
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Demonstration data
2019	England and Wales	female	#616	64	High	Demonstration data
2019	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Demonstration data
2018	England and Wales	female	#689	58	High	Demonstration data
2018	England and Wales	male	#932	31	High	Demonstration data
2017	England and Wales	female	#701	58	High	Demonstration data
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Demonstration data
2016	England and Wales	female	#727	55	High	Demonstration data
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Demonstration data
2015	England and Wales	female	#760	51	High	Demonstration data
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Demonstration data
2014	England and Wales	female	#750	52	High	Demonstration data
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Demonstration data
2013	England and Wales	female	#684	58	High	Demonstration data
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Demonstration data
2012	England and Wales	female	#635	66	High	Demonstration data
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Demonstration data
2011	England and Wales	female	#973	36	High	Demonstration data
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Demonstration data
2010	England and Wales	female	#601	65	High	Demonstration data
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Demonstration data
2009	England and Wales	female	#621	60	High	Demonstration data
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Demonstration data
2008	England and Wales	female	#580	65	High	Demonstration data
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Demonstration data
2007	England and Wales	female	#589	61	High	Demonstration data
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Demonstration data
2006	England and Wales	female	#770	40	High	Demonstration data
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Demonstration data
2005	England and Wales	female	#583	56	High	Demonstration data
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Demonstration data
2004	England and Wales	female	#676	43	High	Demonstration data
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Demonstration data
2003	England and Wales	female	#742	37	High	Demonstration data
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Demonstration data
2002	England and Wales	female	#761	33	High	Demonstration data
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Demonstration data
2001	England and Wales	female	#1025	20	High	Demonstration data
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Demonstration data
2000	England and Wales	female	#969	22	High	Demonstration data
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Demonstration data
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Demonstration data
1998	England and Wales	female	#672	36	High	Demonstration data
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Demonstration data
1997	England and Wales	female	#672	36	High	Demonstration data
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Demonstration data
1996	England and Wales	female	#916	23	High	Demonstration data
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Demonstration data
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Demonstration data
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Demonstration data
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Demonstration data
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Demonstration data
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Demonstration data
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Demonstration data
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Demonstration data

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.