Sebastian
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #16 for boys in 2025, 8,605 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 9,403 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 26 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 218,055since 1881
Sebastian over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #16 | 8,605 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #14 | 8,593 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #13 | 8,892 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #13 | 9,403 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #19 | 8,932 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #19 | 9,029 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #18 | 9,884 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #18 | 10,137 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #23 | 10,197 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #23 | 10,309 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #35 | 9,632 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #34 | 9,315 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #46 | 7,553 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | #64 | 6,744 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #68 | 6,551 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #68 | 6,366 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #70 | 5,993 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #74 | 6,041 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #73 | 6,274 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | #76 | 6,287 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #86 | 4,956 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #97 | 4,521 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #93 | 4,649 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #80 | 5,137 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #81 | 4,979 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #81 | 5,029 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #152 | 2,378 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #198 | 1,697 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #189 | 1,768 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #195 | 1,590 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #206 | 1,435 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #222 | 1,304 |
| 1993 | — | #226 | 1,308 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #229 | 1,296 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #262 | 1,033 |
| 1990 | — | #320 | 790 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #408 | 522 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #455 | 397 |
| 1987 | — | #469 | 354 | |
| 1986 | — | #528 | 281 | |
| 1985 | — | #515 | 288 | |
| 1984 | — | #554 | 242 | |
| 1983 | — | #617 | 192 | |
| 1982 | — | #579 | 220 | |
| 1981 | — | #642 | 175 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #665 | 168 |
| 1979 | — | #739 | 137 | |
| 1978 | — | #700 | 143 | |
| 1977 | — | #778 | 120 | |
| 1976 | — | #746 | 124 | |
| 1975 | — | #736 | 127 | |
| 1974 | — | #728 | 125 | |
| 1973 | — | #707 | 129 | |
| 1972 | — | #635 | 155 | |
| 1971 | — | #607 | 188 | |
| 1970 | — | #630 | 165 | |
| 1969 | — | #723 | 116 | |
| 1968 | — | #699 | 116 | |
| 1967 | — | #692 | 115 | |
| 1966 | — | #740 | 99 | |
| 1965 | — | #731 | 104 | |
| 1964 | — | #679 | 129 | |
| 1963 | — | #740 | 109 | |
| 1962 | — | #629 | 151 | |
| 1961 | — | #751 | 105 | |
| 1960 | — | #911 | 69 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,061 | 53 | |
| 1958 | — | #956 | 63 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,075 | 50 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,171 | 42 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,002 | 56 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,096 | 47 | |
| 1953 | — | #999 | 52 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,002 | 51 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,083 | 44 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,086 | 42 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #813 | 70 | |
| 1947 | — | #938 | 56 | |
| 1946 | — | #890 | 55 | |
| 1945 | — | #943 | 47 | |
| 1944 | — | #935 | 47 | |
| 1943 | — | #856 | 60 | |
| 1942 | — | #732 | 77 | |
| 1941 | — | #817 | 60 | |
| 1940 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1939 | — | #836 | 53 | |
| 1938 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1937 | — | #781 | 62 | |
| 1936 | — | #747 | 65 | |
| 1935 | — | #670 | 79 | |
| 1934 | — | #673 | 81 | |
| 1933 | — | #685 | 75 | |
| 1932 | — | #651 | 87 | |
| 1931 | — | #611 | 94 | |
| 1930 | — | #564 | 113 | |
| 1929 | — | #615 | 97 | |
| 1928 | — | #537 | 128 | |
| 1927 | — | #610 | 104 | |
| 1926 | — | #528 | 131 | |
| 1925 | — | #608 | 108 | |
| 1924 | — | #543 | 137 | |
| 1923 | — | #535 | 130 | |
| 1922 | — | #565 | 127 | |
| 1921 | — | #546 | 130 | |
| 1920 | — | #519 | 139 | |
| 1919 | — | #530 | 126 | |
| 1918 | — | #568 | 114 | |
| 1917 | — | #522 | 122 | |
| 1916 | — | #491 | 134 | |
| 1915 | — | #525 | 112 | |
| 1914 | — | #543 | 82 | |
| 1913 | — | #545 | 63 | |
| 1912 | — | #561 | 51 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Sebastian! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Sebastian
- 2 spots since 2024 (#14 → #16)
- 3 spots since 2020 (#19 → #16)
- 19 spots since 2015 (#35 → #16)
- Biggest jump: 475 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #778)
- Biggest drop: 467 spots in 1906 (#786 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2022 at #13 (9,403 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1960–2025
- Highest: 1 in 179 boys born in 2018 were named Sebastian (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 198 boys born in 2025 (0.50%)
- Its best rank, #13 in 2022, was only 1 in 186 (0.54%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.8% of all boys named Sebastian (86,688) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 34 | #611 (1882) | #793 |
| 1890s | 43 | #641 (1892) | #891 |
| 1900s | 89 | #685 (1908) | #853 |
| 1910s | 838 | #491 (1916) | #581 |
| 1920s | 1,231 | #519 (1920) | #561 |
| 1930s | 774 | #564 (1930) | #698 |
| 1940s | 574 | #732 (1942) | #877 |
| 1950s | 500 | #956 (1958) | #1,053 |
| 1960s | 1,113 | #629 (1962) | #730 |
| 1970s | 1,413 | #607 (1971) | #701 |
| 1980s | 2,839 | #408 (1989) | #543 |
| 1990s | 14,599 | #152 (1999) | #220 |
| 2000s | 53,866 | #70 (2009) | #81 |
| 2010s | 86,688 | #18 (2018) | #40 |
| 2020s | 53,454 | #13 (2022) | #16 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sebastian in 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 296,266 of them was named Sebastian, which outranked 24.6% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #13,448Zykiria7
- #13,448Zynah7
- #13,448Zyniyah7
- #14,959Sebastian6
- #14,959Aaishah6
- #14,959Aamirah6
- #14,959Aamori6
- #16,992Aaditri5
- #16,992Aalaya5
- #16,992Aaliayah5
Tied with 2,032 names at #14,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 301 of them was named Sebastian, which outranked 99.5% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.