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Sean
Pronounced /ʃɔːn/
Rank in 2024
#436
Born in 2024
726
Peak year
1990 · #37
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for girls:8 in 2024 (#11,245)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 726 boys were named Sean, about 1 in every 2,363.
- It peaked in 1990 with 12,018 babies, ranked #37.
- It first shows up in the records in 1925.
- 423,036 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.4Boomers1946–64
- 4.7Gen X1965–80
- 5.4Millennials1981–96
- 3.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 359 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 16,034 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Gen X: 128,545 babies, 4.72 per 1,000. Millennials: 165,616 babies, 5.44 per 1,000. Gen Z: 96,501 babies, 3.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 15,969 babies, 0.74 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.