Sebastian

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Sebastian or Sebastiæn is both a given name and a surname.

From Wikipedia

Sebastian first appears in the data in 2000 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 1,099 babies (rank #43 that year). In 2025 it was given to 486 boys (rank #31). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sebastian

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sebastian yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

11,103

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

1,099

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Shakespeare: Sebastian — Twelfth Night, The Tempest

Famous people named Sebastian

Sebastian Vettelmotorsports competitor · b. 1987
Sebastian Kurzpolitician · b. 1986
Sebastian Coeautobiographer · b. 1956
Sebastian Stanfilm actor · b. 1982
Sebastian Larssonassociation football player · b. 1985

Stories about the name Sebastian

It was originally going to be just Seb. But Seb felt incomplete. Sebastian felt like the right full length for a boy who already seemed serious in his first ultrasound. He is, at seven, very serious about Legos.

— Emily, Washington DC, 2017

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
2000	144	#86
2001	160	#79
2002	223	#64
2003	274	#49
2004	221	#62
2005	256	#57
2006	184	#54
2007	165	#59
2008	300	#53
2009	269	#58
2010	303	#50
2011	394	#37
2012	403	#35
2013	437	#34
2014	497	#31
2015	1,099	#43
2016	1,009	#47
2017	623	#36
2018	596	#36
2019	736	#38
2020	573	#36
2021	431	#35
2022	414	#31
2023	373	#30
2024	533	#25
2025	486	#31