Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: GermanSebastian or Sebastiæn is both a given name and a surname.
From Wikipedia
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.
Sebastian has moved in a narrow band for nearly a decade: it peaked in 2016 at 10,308 births, held its best-ever rank of #13 in 2022, and sits at 8,562 in 2024, down a modest 8% over the past decade — one of the more stable trajectories in this batch, without a sharp rise or fall.
The name dates to 1881 in SSA records and has been present in every decade since, a long, quiet history similar to Sebastian's fellow German-origin name Oliver, though without Oliver's recent acceleration.
Johann Sebastian Bach anchors the name to a very different era and field than its other famous bearers — Formula One's Sebastian Vettel, actor Rowan Atkinson (born Rowan Sebastian Atkinson), and former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz — a spread across three centuries and several countries that may help explain why the name has stayed steady rather than tracking any single trend.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 6 | #851 |
| 1882 | 10 | #642 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,079 |
| 1886 | 7 | #835 |
| 1889 | 6 | #959 |
| 1892 | 11 | #680 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,212 |
| 1895 | 8 | #861 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,245 |
| 1898 | 8 | #880 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,039 |
| 1901 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,291 |
| 1903 | 11 | #727 |
| 1904 | 9 | #866 |
| 1905 | 10 | #830 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,391 |
| 1907 | 12 | #806 |
| 1908 | 15 | #708 |
| 1909 | 14 | #801 |
| 1910 | 14 | #855 |
| 1911 | 20 | #728 |
| 1912 | 51 | #567 |
| 1913 | 63 | #549 |
| 1914 | 82 | #545 |
| 1915 | 112 | #527 |
| 1916 | 134 | #493 |
| 1917 | 122 | #524 |
| 1918 | 114 | #570 |
| 1919 | 126 | #530 |
| 1920 | 139 | #520 |
| 1921 | 130 | #548 |
| 1922 | 127 | #565 |
| 1923 | 130 | #536 |
| 1924 | 137 | #543 |
| 1925 | 108 | #609 |
| 1926 | 131 | #532 |
| 1927 | 104 | #616 |
| 1928 | 128 | #541 |
| 1929 | 97 | #618 |
| 1930 | 113 | #568 |
| 1931 | 94 | #615 |
| 1932 | 87 | #655 |
| 1933 | 75 | #693 |
| 1934 | 81 | #677 |
| 1935 | 79 | #676 |
| 1936 | 65 | #753 |
| 1937 | 62 | #786 |
| 1938 | 65 | #762 |
| 1939 | 53 | #844 |
| 1940 | 51 | #889 |
| 1941 | 60 | #826 |
| 1942 | 77 | #736 |
| 1943 | 60 | #866 |
| 1944 | 47 | #946 |
| 1945 | 47 | #951 |
| 1946 | 55 | #896 |
| 1947 | 56 | #954 |
| 1948 | 70 | #820 |
| 1949 | 51 | #983 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,103 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,093 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,012 |
| 1953 | 52 | #1,014 |
| 1954 | 47 | #1,099 |
| 1955 | 56 | #1,009 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,188 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,087 |
| 1958 | 63 | #962 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,066 |
| 1960 | 70 | #909 |
| 1961 | 105 | #753 |
| 1962 | 151 | #630 |
| 1963 | 109 | #745 |
| 1964 | 130 | #679 |
| 1965 | 104 | #732 |
| 1966 | 99 | #744 |
| 1967 | 115 | #696 |
| 1968 | 116 | #702 |
| 1969 | 117 | #723 |
| 1970 | 165 | #633 |
| 1971 | 188 | #607 |
| 1972 | 155 | #638 |
| 1973 | 130 | #707 |
| 1974 | 125 | #729 |
| 1975 | 127 | #739 |
| 1976 | 124 | #747 |
| 1977 | 120 | #782 |
| 1978 | 143 | #703 |
| 1979 | 137 | #739 |
| 1980 | 168 | #669 |
| 1981 | 176 | #642 |
| 1982 | 220 | #581 |
| 1983 | 192 | #618 |
| 1984 | 242 | #555 |
| 1985 | 289 | #515 |
| 1986 | 281 | #528 |
| 1987 | 354 | #472 |
| 1988 | 396 | #455 |
| 1989 | 522 | #411 |
| 1990 | 790 | #320 |
| 1991 | 1,033 | #262 |
| 1992 | 1,295 | #229 |
| 1993 | 1,307 | #227 |
| 1994 | 1,305 | #222 |
| 1995 | 1,435 | #207 |
| 1996 | 1,590 | #195 |
| 1997 | 1,768 | #189 |
| 1998 | 1,697 | #198 |
| 1999 | 2,378 | #152 |
| 2000 | 5,029 | #81 |
| 2001 | 4,979 | #81 |
| 2002 | 5,137 | #80 |
| 2003 | 4,649 | #93 |
| 2004 | 4,521 | #97 |
| 2005 | 4,956 | #86 |
| 2006 | 6,287 | #76 |
| 2007 | 6,274 | #73 |
| 2008 | 6,041 | #74 |
| 2009 | 5,992 | #70 |
| 2010 | 6,365 | #68 |
| 2011 | 6,551 | #68 |
| 2012 | 6,743 | #64 |
| 2013 | 7,552 | #46 |
| 2014 | 9,313 | #34 |
| 2015 | 9,628 | #35 |
| 2016 | 10,308 | #23 |
| 2017 | 10,197 | #23 |
| 2018 | 10,135 | #18 |
| 2019 | 9,881 | #18 |
| 2020 | 9,021 | #19 |
| 2021 | 8,930 | #19 |
| 2022 | 9,393 | #13 |
| 2023 | 8,890 | #13 |
| 2024 | 8,562 | #14 |
