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 1996 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 1,990 babies (rank #36 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,116 boys (rank #45). 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.

33,008

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

1,990

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
1996	395	#114
1997	395	#113
1998	422	#112
1999	425	#112
2000	416	#111
2001	432	#106
2002	527	#96
2003	637	#88
2004	644	#90
2005	692	#89
2006	715	#94
2007	798	#87
2008	914	#77
2009	1,073	#63
2010	1,242	#58
2011	1,493	#47
2012	1,705	#41
2013	1,828	#38
2014	1,965	#38
2015	1,988	#35
2016	1,990	#36
2017	1,881	#35
2018	1,964	#28
2019	1,678	#36
2020	1,435	#39
2021	1,516	#38
2022	1,409	#39
2023	1,313	#42
2024	1,116	#45