Sebastian

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Sebastian is ranked 14th among boys in 2024 (8,562 births). Its best rank was 13th, in 2022–2023.

Rank in 2024: #14down 1 from 2023
Births in 2024: 8,5620.50% of boys
Peak year: 201610,308 births
Best rank: #13first in 2022
Since 1881: 209,385people given the name

Babies named Sebastian, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

209,385 boys have been named Sebastian in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 10,308 births — 0.54% of all boys recorded that year.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 41%. It has spent 120 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 25 of them in the top 100.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Sebastian
1880s	34
1890s	43
1900s	89
1910s	838
1920s	1,231
1930s	774
1940s	574
1950s	500
1960s	1,116
1970s	1,414
1980s	2,840
1990s	14,598
2000s	53,865
2010s	86,673
2020s	44,796

In 2016, its biggest year

Sebastian was the 23rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Sebastian

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.