Sean

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Sean, also spelled Seรกn or Sรฉan in Hiberno-English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name Yohanan, Seรกn and Sรฉan, rendered John in English and JohannesThe Norman French Jehan is another version.

From Wikipedia

Sean first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 956 babies (rank #49 that year). In 2024 it was given to 65 boys (rank #474). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sean

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

12,103
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
956
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991937#51
1992956#49
1993855#53
1994638#59
1995674#60
1996629#63
1997572#68
1998577#66
1999491#72
2000479#75
2001466#75
2002382#84
2003363#90
2004383#88
2005338#95
2006406#84
2007359#100
2008358#105
2009288#133
2010249#152
2011196#184
2012195#183
2013162#221
2014130#268
2015142#251
2016147#249
2017131#274
2018100#328
201993#345
202087#365
202165#457
202275#392
202361#475
202465#474