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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |