NameTides

Sean

Sean was the #489 boys' name in the US in 2025 (616 babies), and #615 in England & Wales and #685 in Canada.

Sean as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Sean as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Sean as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#489 (616)#615 (61)#226 (18)#67 (35)#141 (38)#685 (40)—
2024#435 (730)#638 (59)#234 (17)#48 (47)#123 (45)#478 (63)—
2023#427 (741)#574 (65)#321 (11)#52 (45)#124 (46)#468 (61)—
2022#397 (803)#577 (65)#228 (18)#77 (35)#127 (48)#398 (73)—
2021#362 (900)#412 (103)#191 (24)#63 (45)#102 (62)#450 (65)—
2020#334 (976)#509 (74)#213 (20)#68 (43)#88 (70)#363 (86)—
2019#301 (1,128)#404 (106)#163 (32)#46 (61)#108 (63)#343 (93)—
2018#268 (1,325)#435 (96)#156 (35)#44 (63)#74 (91)#324 (100)—
2017#251 (1,481)#368 (125)#163 (36)#38 (69)#5 (453)#285 (125)—
2016#233 (1,671)#359 (130)#123 (53)#32 (76)#5 (501)#247 (146)—
2015#210 (1,895)#284 (170)#117 (56)#40 (73)#5 (530)#255 (139)—
2014#193 (2,125)#255 (197)#118 (53)#26 (92)#5 (526)#261 (134)—
2013#185 (2,203)#239 (213)#89 (71)#26 (96)#5 (609)#223 (159)—
2012#145 (2,777)#214 (250)#98 (69)#41 (76)#4 (677)#186 (189)—
2011#125 (3,192)#178 (313)#81 (89)#27 (93)#3 (755)#185 (194)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1986 at #37.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1925.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 240common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 620common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sean is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sean by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #393MINew York: #338NYMassachusetts: #230MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #621INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #284NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #509CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #366CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #343VAMaryland: #257MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #416NCSouth Carolina: #348SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #519GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #708TXFlorida: #515FL
Sean (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#52123

Sean (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SeanCanadaGirls—too few
SeanCanadaBoys#68540
SeanEngland & WalesBoys#61561
SeánIrelandBoys#23185
SeanIrelandBoys#14138
SéanIrelandBoys#6764
SeànIrelandBoys#6764
SeanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SeanNorthern IrelandBoys#6735
SeanNSWBoys—too few
SeanScotlandGirls—too few
SeanScotlandBoys#22618
SeanUSGirls#11,9327
SeanUSBoys#489616