Fun Facts About the Name Oceana
- More than 1 thousand babies named Oceana: U.S. records list 1,147 babies given the name Oceana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Oceana Mean?
Oceana is a feminine name meaning "of the ocean." Its root is Latin Oceanus, borrowed from Greek Ōkeanos (Ὠκεανός), the name of the Titan who represented the great river or sea believed to encircle the earth. Latin Oceanus also gave English ocean. The ending -a makes Oceana a feminine form, so its literal sense is "oceanic" or "belonging to the Ocean." The deeper origin of Greek Ōkeanos is uncertain; proposed links to words for "wide" or "swift" are not securely established.
Oceana Name History & Origins
Oceana is a feminine English name formed from the Latin root for the ocean. In Latin, Oceanus was both the name of the world-encircling ocean and an adjective meaning "of the Ocean"; the feminine Oceana follows that adjectival pattern. Ancient Greek used Ōkeanos as a divine name, not as a personal name for women, so the feminine given name is a later development in European naming rather than an ancient Greek woman's name.
A well-known literary use is James Harrington's The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656), where Oceana is a fictional commonwealth. That title is a political allegory, and it is separate from the name's use for individuals. The French feminine form Océane comes from the same root; English Oceana keeps the fuller Latin-style ending.
How Popular is the Name Oceana?
Oceana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2004. Its best rank was #2,986 in 2004.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,562 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 2024 | #5,094 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2023 | #4,167 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 2022 | #3,690 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2021 | #4,390 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2020 | #4,852 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2019 | #4,623 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #4,430 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #4,200 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2016 | #4,954 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #5,789 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #4,164 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #5,272 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #4,458 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2011 | #4,442 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #5,073 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #4,905 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #4,333 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2007 | #3,837 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2006 | #4,062 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2005 | #4,673 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #2,986 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 2003 | #3,640 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 2002 | #4,252 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #3,298 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2000 | #3,861 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1999 | #5,843 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #3,409 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1997 | #3,518 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1996 | #4,153 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1995 | #4,072 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1994 | #6,560 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #6,515 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #5,417 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1991 | #7,807 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #3,601 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1989 | #6,426 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #10,839 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #10,260 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #9,276 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #10,394 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1915 | #4,786 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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