NameTides

Sebastian

Sebastian was the #16 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8,605 babies), and #47 in England & Wales and #68 in Canada.

Sebastian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Sebastian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaIrelandNorthern IrelandScotland
Sebastian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#16 (8,605)#47 (1,077)#152 (29)#159 (14)#125 (43)#68 (403)#31 (179)#29 (183)
2024#14 (8,593)#45 (1,116)#116 (44)#154 (14)#106 (52)#78 (359)#22 (205)#21 (210)
2023#13 (8,892)#42 (1,313)#110 (48)#118 (21)#131 (43)#76 (359)#27 (200)#20 (197)
2022#13 (9,403)#39 (1,409)#111 (51)#125 (20)#124 (49)#63 (443)#20 (243)#24 (195)
2021#19 (8,932)#38 (1,516)#131 (41)#192 (12)#92 (68)#80 (404)#28 (240)#29 (193)
2020#19 (9,029)#39 (1,435)#110 (51)#119 (23)#97 (63)#80 (398)#36 (205)#33 (176)
2019#18 (9,884)#34 (1,678)#106 (55)#103 (26)#113 (61)#65 (475)#33 (223)#31 (197)
2018#18 (10,137)#28 (1,964)#103 (59)#104 (26)#93 (70)#65 (498)#37 (219)#34 (177)
2017#23 (10,197)#35 (1,881)#104 (60)#124 (22)#80 (88)#65 (486)#33 (242)#32 (183)
2016#23 (10,309)#36 (1,990)#104 (66)#108 (28)#98 (71)#64 (538)#36 (222)#26 (197)
2015#35 (9,632)#35 (1,988)#115 (57)#102 (29)#97 (74)#62 (539)#32 (243)#35 (159)
2014#34 (9,315)#38 (1,965)#102 (70)#128 (23)#87 (91)#65 (515)#33 (248)#32 (175)
2013#46 (7,553)#38 (1,828)#117 (53)#138 (19)#98 (73)#71 (503)#34 (244)#28 (193)
2012#64 (6,744)#41 (1,705)#103 (67)#167 (15)#109 (66)#88 (456)#39 (224)#29 (179)
2011#68 (6,551)#47 (1,493)#119 (52)#131 (22)#92 (88)#68 (500)#38 (232)#35 (162)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #18.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 250common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 680common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 590common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 550common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 400common

Next year

On its recent trend, Sebastian is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 190 to 1 in 210.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sebastian by state, 2025Alaska: #53AKMaine: #113MEWisconsin: #46WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #28WAIdaho: #50IDMontana: #85MTNorth Dakota: #77NDMinnesota: #68MNIllinois: #10ILMichigan: #83MINew York: #47NYMassachusetts: #52MAOregon: #15ORNevada: #6NVWyoming: #39WYSouth Dakota: #116SDIowa: #108IAIndiana: #47INOhio: #82OHPennsylvania: #77PANew Jersey: #28NJConnecticut: #36CTRhode Island: #22RICalifornia: #5CAUtah: #35UTColorado: #22CONebraska: #69NEMissouri: #61MOKentucky: #79KYWest Virginia: #127WVVirginia: #50VAMaryland: #62MDDelaware: #25DEArizona: #7AZNew Mexico: #6NMKansas: #31KSArkansas: #37ARTennessee: #70TNNorth Carolina: #37NCSouth Carolina: #43SCDistrict of Columbia: #18DCOklahoma: #28OKLouisiana: #50LAMississippi: #86MSAlabama: #66ALGeorgia: #32GAHawaii: #49HITexas: #5TXFlorida: #15FL
Sebastian (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#60191
Quebec2025#24121

Sebastian (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
SebastianCanadaGirls—too few
SebastianCanadaBoys#68403
SebastianEngland & WalesBoys#471,077
SebastianIrelandBoys#12543
SebastiánIrelandBoys#8293
SebastianNorthern IrelandBoys#15914
SebastianNSWBoys#31179
SebastianScotlandBoys#15229
SebastianUSGirls#9,45710
SebastianUSBoys#168,605
SebastianVICBoys#29183

Notes on Sebastian

The US has embraced Sebastian far more than Scotland or Northern Ireland. It was #13 nationally in 2022 and 2023, and in 2025 both California and Texas had it at #5. Scotland has never ranked it higher than #102, reached in 2014, and had it at #152 in 2025. New South Wales and Victoria sit in between, each with a best of #20.