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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 1,594 babies (rank #49 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

14,313
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
1,594
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
19961,594#49
19971,388#51
19981,183#61
19991,111#59
2000967#60
2001883#67
2002784#74
2003866#67
2004760#83
2005638#94
2006714#95
2007664#97
2008649#99
2009448#132
2010391#151
2011313#180
2012250#215
2013213#240
2014197#257
2015170#285
2016130#360