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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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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