NameTides

Seb

Seb was the #1,124 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (26 babies).

Seb as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Seb as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.5197019801990200020102020England & Wales
Seb as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.5198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025#1,124 (26)———
2024#1,162 (24)—#404 (3)—
2023#874 (36)——#770 (3)
2022#1,058 (27)——#779 (3)
2021#825 (38)#605 (4)—#755 (3)
2020#699 (48)#711 (3)—#741 (3)
2019#678 (50)——#764 (3)
2018#619 (58)#516 (5)——
2017#833 (38)#602 (4)——
2016#870 (36)———
2015#790 (40)———
2014#889 (33)———
2013#821 (37)———
2012#866 (35)———
2011#999 (27)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2018 at #619.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2001.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Seb is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,200 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.