Sean
#81 most common boys' name of all time · #167 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1925–2025
Rank among boys
#81
Rank overall
#167 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
426,606
Since 2016
10,405
Peak year
1990 #37
Best rank
#33 1972
Girls
Boys
peak 12,070/yr
Sean first appears in 1925. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 616 | 623 | #489 |
| 2024 | 8 | 730 | 738 | #435 |
| 2023 | — | 741 | 741 | #427 |
| 2022 | — | 803 | 803 | #398 |
| 2021 | — | 900 | 900 | #362 |
| 2020 | 8 | 976 | 984 | #334 |
| 2019 | — | 1,128 | 1,128 | #301 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1,325 | 1,330 | #268 |
| 2017 | — | 1,481 | 1,481 | #251 |
| 2016 | 6 | 1,671 | 1,677 | #234 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1,895 | 1,902 | #210 |
| 2014 | — | 2,125 | 2,125 | #193 |
| 2013 | 14 | 2,203 | 2,217 | #185 |
| 2012 | 14 | 2,777 | 2,791 | #145 |
| 2011 | 9 | 3,192 | 3,201 | #125 |
| 2010 | 11 | 3,743 | 3,754 | #102 |
| 2009 | 13 | 4,339 | 4,352 | #97 |
| 2008 | 27 | 5,471 | 5,498 | #83 |
| 2007 | 10 | 6,244 | 6,254 | #76 |
| 2006 | 21 | 6,643 | 6,664 | #68 |
| 2005 | 27 | 5,997 | 6,024 | #75 |
| 2004 | 30 | 6,769 | 6,799 | #64 |
| 2003 | 35 | 7,102 | 7,137 | #61 |
| 2002 | 25 | 7,028 | 7,053 | #59 |
| 2001 | 35 | 7,224 | 7,259 | #57 |
| 2000 | 50 | 7,316 | 7,366 | #57 |
| 1999 | 38 | 7,205 | 7,243 | #56 |
| 1998 | 35 | 7,712 | 7,747 | #50 |
| 1997 | 53 | 7,744 | 7,797 | #48 |
| 1996 | 48 | 7,896 | 7,944 | #46 |
| 1995 | 54 | 8,167 | 8,221 | #45 |
| 1994 | 62 | 8,838 | 8,900 | #44 |
| 1993 | 73 | 10,176 | 10,249 | #42 |
| 1992 | 96 | 11,065 | 11,161 | #42 |
| 1991 | 76 | 11,182 | 11,258 | #40 |
| 1990 | 52 | 12,018 | 12,070 | #37 |
| 1989 | 88 | 11,895 | 11,983 | #39 |
| 1988 | 103 | 11,794 | 11,897 | #38 |
| 1987 | 88 | 11,455 | 11,543 | #40 |
| 1986 | 95 | 11,784 | 11,879 | #37 |
| 1985 | 98 | 11,455 | 11,553 | #38 |
| 1984 | 72 | 10,024 | 10,096 | #43 |
| 1983 | 92 | 9,615 | 9,707 | #44 |
| 1982 | 62 | 9,359 | 9,421 | #44 |
| 1981 | 61 | 8,893 | 8,954 | #44 |
| 1980 | 51 | 7,596 | 7,647 | #48 |
| 1979 | 54 | 6,850 | 6,904 | #49 |
| 1978 | 46 | 7,059 | 7,105 | #45 |
| 1977 | 47 | 7,625 | 7,672 | #43 |
| 1976 | 52 | 7,565 | 7,617 | #42 |
| 1975 | 62 | 7,582 | 7,644 | #40 |
| 1974 | 60 | 8,290 | 8,350 | #37 |
| 1973 | 56 | 8,553 | 8,609 | #36 |
| 1972 | 58 | 9,444 | 9,502 | #33 |
| 1971 | 77 | 10,510 | 10,587 | #36 |
| 1970 | 76 | 10,341 | 10,417 | #37 |
| 1969 | 79 | 9,346 | 9,425 | #37 |
| 1968 | 88 | 9,172 | 9,260 | #37 |
| 1967 | 62 | 7,496 | 7,558 | #44 |
| 1966 | 64 | 6,490 | 6,554 | #50 |
| 1965 | 38 | 4,594 | 4,632 | #79 |
| 1964 | 38 | 3,010 | 3,048 | #118 |
| 1963 | 23 | 2,196 | 2,219 | #151 |
| 1962 | 19 | 1,837 | 1,856 | #171 |
| 1961 | 30 | 1,720 | 1,750 | #177 |
| 1960 | 22 | 1,421 | 1,443 | #202 |
| 1959 | 22 | 1,279 | 1,301 | #219 |
| 1958 | 14 | 1,011 | 1,025 | #249 |
| 1957 | 18 | 775 | 793 | #271 |
| 1956 | 23 | 575 | 598 | #309 |
| 1955 | 12 | 488 | 500 | #336 |
| 1954 | 11 | 416 | 427 | #352 |
| 1953 | 10 | 380 | 390 | #356 |
| 1952 | 11 | 212 | 223 | #483 |
| 1951 | 6 | 154 | 160 | #551 |
| 1950 | 10 | 162 | 172 | #536 |
| 1949 | 6 | 129 | 135 | #603 |
| 1948 | — | 120 | 120 | #620 |
| 1947 | 6 | 97 | 103 | #705 |
| 1946 | — | 55 | 55 | #896 |
| 1945 | — | 50 | 50 | #915 |
| 1944 | — | 47 | 47 | #948 |
| 1943 | — | 48 | 48 | #979 |
| 1942 | 5 | 45 | 50 | #1,006 |
| 1941 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,167 |
| 1940 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,134 |
| 1939 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1938 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,687 |
| 1937 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,085 |
| 1936 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,182 |
| 1935 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,244 |
| 1934 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,963 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,258 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,226 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,577 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,744 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,737 |