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Sebastian
Pronounced /səˈbæst͡ʃən/
Rank in 2024
#14
Born in 2024
8,562
Peak year
2016 · #23
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8,562 boys were named Sebastian, about 1 in every 200.
- It peaked in 2016 with 10,308 babies, ranked #23.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 209,385 boys have been named Sebastian since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Sebastian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 2.5Gen Z1997–12
- 5.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,933 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 1,341 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,297 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,133 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,427 babies, 0.38 per 1,000. Gen Z: 79,367 babies, 2.53 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 111,810 babies, 5.15 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Sebastiānus, name of an early Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebaste in Asia Minor (modern Sivas, Turkey), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós, “august, venerable, exalted”), itself a translation of the Roman title Augustus.
- A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /səˈbæst͡ʃən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Sebastian, CC BY-SA 4.0.