Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sebastian

#176 most common boys' name of all time · #365 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#176
Rank overall
#365 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
218,463
Since 2016
94,103
Peak year
2016 #23
Best rank
#13 2022
Girls Boys peak 10,325/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Sebastian first appears in 1881. 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 10 8,605 8,615 #16
2024 19 8,593 8,612 #14
2023 15 8,892 8,907 #13
2022 5 9,403 9,408 #13
2021 12 8,932 8,944 #19
2020 7 9,029 9,036 #19
2019 14 9,884 9,898 #18
2018 11 10,137 10,148 #18
2017 13 10,197 10,210 #23
2016 16 10,309 10,325 #23
2015 21 9,632 9,653 #35
2014 10 9,315 9,325 #34
2013 8 7,553 7,561 #46
2012 13 6,744 6,757 #64
2011 11 6,551 6,562 #68
2010 6 6,366 6,372 #68
2009 7 5,993 6,000 #70
2008 13 6,041 6,054 #74
2007 13 6,274 6,287 #73
2006 18 6,287 6,305 #76
2005 12 4,956 4,968 #86
2004 25 4,521 4,546 #97
2003 9 4,649 4,658 #93
2002 19 5,137 5,156 #80
2001 10 4,979 4,989 #81
2000 9 5,029 5,038 #81
1999 11 2,378 2,389 #152
1998 7 1,697 1,704 #198
1997 6 1,768 1,774 #189
1996 5 1,590 1,595 #195
1995 10 1,435 1,445 #206
1994 7 1,304 1,311 #223
1993 1,308 1,308 #227
1992 8 1,296 1,304 #229
1991 11 1,033 1,044 #262
1990 790 790 #320
1989 5 522 527 #411
1988 7 397 404 #455
1987 354 354 #470
1986 281 281 #528
1985 288 288 #515
1984 242 242 #555
1983 192 192 #617
1982 220 220 #579
1981 175 175 #643
1980 5 168 173 #666
1979 137 137 #739
1978 143 143 #700
1977 120 120 #779
1976 124 124 #747
1975 127 127 #737
1974 125 125 #728
1973 129 129 #707
1972 155 155 #635
1971 188 188 #609
1970 165 165 #631
1969 116 116 #724
1968 116 116 #700
1967 115 115 #695
1966 99 99 #741
1965 104 104 #731
1964 129 129 #679
1963 109 109 #741
1962 151 151 #629
1961 105 105 #752
1960 69 69 #911
1959 53 53 #1,063
1958 63 63 #959
1957 50 50 #1,083
1956 42 42 #1,181
1955 56 56 #1,007
1954 47 47 #1,097
1953 52 52 #1,004
1952 51 51 #1,005
1951 44 44 #1,084
1950 42 42 #1,091
1949 51 51 #975
1948 70 70 #815
1947 56 56 #945
1946 55 55 #893
1945 47 47 #947
1944 47 47 #942
1943 60 60 #865
1942 77 77 #736
1941 60 60 #824
1940 51 51 #886
1939 53 53 #839
1938 65 65 #762
1937 62 62 #785
1936 65 65 #750
1935 79 79 #674
1934 81 81 #676
1933 75 75 #689
1932 87 87 #655
1931 94 94 #614
1930 113 113 #567
1929 97 97 #617
1928 128 128 #539
1927 104 104 #615
1926 131 131 #531
1925 108 108 #609
1924 137 137 #543
1923 130 130 #535
1922 127 127 #565
1921 130 130 #548
1920 139 139 #520
1919 126 126 #530
1918 114 114 #569
1917 122 122 #524
1916 134 134 #493
1915 112 112 #526
1914 82 82 #544
1913 63 63 #548
1912 51 51 #567
1911 20 20 #724
1910 14 14 #843
1909 14 14 #781
1908 15 15 #703
1907 12 12 #803
1906 5 5 #1,306
1905 10 10 #815
1904 9 9 #852
1903 11 11 #722
1902 5 5 #1,205
1901 8 8 #825
1899 6 6 #1,004
1898 8 8 #858
1896 5 5 #1,178
1895 8 8 #839
1894 5 5 #1,142
1892 11 11 #678
1889 6 6 #930
1886 7 7 #818
1885 5 5 #1,020
1882 10 10 #648
1881 6 6 #863