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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 537 babies (rank #62 that year). In 2024 it was given to 358 boys (rank #79). 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.

11,808

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

537

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
1991	107	#263
1992	127	#238
1993	164	#193
1994	143	#196
1995	176	#191
1996	171	#183
1997	168	#181
1998	189	#159
1999	236	#143
2000	289	#109
2001	302	#106
2002	291	#111
2003	284	#112
2004	345	#94
2005	314	#103
2006	326	#102
2007	395	#92
2008	416	#91
2009	440	#87
2010	453	#79
2011	493	#71
2012	455	#89
2013	502	#73
2014	514	#65
2015	537	#62
2016	533	#64
2017	486	#66
2018	501	#66
2019	474	#67
2020	402	#79
2021	406	#80
2022	445	#64
2023	361	#77
2024	358	#79