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 1957 and has been recorded in 57 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 61 babies (rank #280 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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.

1,958

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

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

More popular boys' names

Other boys' names starting with S

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1957	1	#919
1958	1	#973
1960	1	#1,031
1961	1	#987
1962	1	#1,067
1963	3	#822
1964	3	#833
1965	7	#657
1966	7	#659
1967	9	#612
1968	12	#549
1969	16	#496
1970	23	#423
1971	34	#348
1972	19	#449
1973	14	#528
1974	35	#321
1975	20	#425
1976	39	#309
1977	45	#273
1978	56	#240
1979	41	#294
1980	55	#255
1981	36	#341
1982	38	#330
1983	42	#304
1984	50	#274
1985	40	#329
1986	50	#284
1987	37	#366
1988	47	#316
1989	53	#289
1990	56	#292
1991	61	#280
1992	53	#310
1993	51	#312
1994	41	#368
1995	55	#299
1996	51	#320
1997	36	#396
1998	39	#383
1999	33	#432
2000	35	#413
2001	44	#367
2002	55	#315
2003	50	#324
2004	45	#346
2005	44	#344
2006	40	#352
2007	46	#305
2008	47	#310
2009	39	#339
2010	45	#297
2011	35	#345
2012	43	#296
2013	34	#335
2014	44	#283