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Sean
Pronounced /ʃɔːn/
Rank in 2024
#11,245
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1988 · #1377
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for boys:726 in 2024 (#436)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 girls were named Sean, about 1 in every 201,649.
- It peaked in 1988 with 103 babies, ranked #1377.
- It first shows up in the records in 1939.
- 2,962 girls have been named Sean since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Sean per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 281 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 970 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,220 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 433 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 48 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicised form of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Shaun, Shane, and Giovanni.
- A male given name from Irish.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ʃɔːn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Sean, CC BY-SA 4.0.