Sean is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #978 for boy births in the United States, given to 623 babies. Sean first appears in the data in 1925 and reached its peak in 1990 (12,070 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 623 | #978 |
| 2024 | 738 | #861 |
| 2023 | 741 | #853 |
| 2022 | 803 | #799 |
| 2021 | 900 | #725 |
| 2020 | 984 | #657 |
| 2019 | 1,128 | #604 |
| 2018 | 1,330 | #521 |
| 2017 | 1,481 | #468 |
| 2016 | 1,677 | #434 |
| 2015 | 1,902 | #392 |
| 2014 | 2,125 | #352 |
| 2013 | 2,217 | #332 |
| 2012 | 2,791 | #260 |
| 2011 | 3,201 | #218 |
| 2010 | 3,754 | #176 |
| 2009 | 4,352 | #162 |
| 2008 | 5,498 | #130 |
| 2007 | 6,254 | #113 |
| 2006 | 6,664 | #105 |
| 2005 | 6,024 | #118 |
| 2004 | 6,799 | #99 |
| 2003 | 7,137 | #96 |
| 2002 | 7,053 | #97 |
| 2001 | 7,259 | #94 |
| 2000 | 7,366 | #93 |
| 1999 | 7,243 | #95 |
| 1998 | 7,747 | #89 |
| 1997 | 7,797 | #82 |
| 1996 | 7,944 | #82 |
| 1995 | 8,221 | #78 |
| 1994 | 8,900 | #75 |
| 1993 | 10,249 | #71 |
| 1992 | 11,161 | #69 |
| 1991 | 11,258 | #67 |
| 1990 | 12,070 | #62 |
| 1989 | 11,983 | #64 |
| 1988 | 11,897 | #64 |
| 1987 | 11,543 | #65 |
| 1986 | 11,879 | #62 |
| 1985 | 11,553 | #66 |
| 1984 | 10,096 | #74 |
| 1983 | 9,707 | #78 |
| 1982 | 9,421 | #80 |
| 1981 | 8,954 | #78 |
| 1980 | 7,647 | #86 |
| 1979 | 6,904 | #87 |
| 1978 | 7,105 | #80 |
| 1977 | 7,672 | #74 |
| 1976 | 7,617 | #72 |
| 1975 | 7,644 | #71 |
| 1974 | 8,350 | #65 |
| 1973 | 8,609 | #62 |
| 1972 | 9,502 | #60 |
| 1971 | 10,587 | #62 |
| 1970 | 10,417 | #67 |
| 1969 | 9,425 | #74 |
| 1968 | 9,260 | #73 |
| 1967 | 7,558 | #92 |
| 1966 | 6,554 | #107 |
| 1965 | 4,632 | #163 |
| 1964 | 3,048 | #253 |
| 1963 | 2,219 | #324 |
| 1962 | 1,856 | #368 |
| 1961 | 1,750 | #377 |
| 1960 | 1,443 | #422 |
| 1959 | 1,301 | #455 |
| 1958 | 1,025 | #520 |
| 1957 | 793 | #588 |
| 1956 | 598 | #658 |
| 1955 | 500 | #720 |
| 1954 | 427 | #765 |
| 1953 | 390 | #789 |
| 1952 | 223 | #1,037 |
| 1951 | 160 | #1,209 |
| 1950 | 172 | #1,142 |
| 1949 | 135 | #1,289 |
| 1948 | 120 | #1,367 |
| 1947 | 103 | #1,506 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,995 |
| 1945 | 50 | #1,968 |
| 1944 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1943 | 48 | #2,075 |
| 1942 | 50 | #1,985 |
| 1941 | 33 | #2,390 |
| 1940 | 35 | #2,289 |
| 1939 | 24 | #2,783 |
| 1938 | 18 | #3,395 |
| 1937 | 13 | #4,128 |
| 1936 | 12 | #4,299 |
| 1935 | 12 | #4,404 |
| 1934 | 8 | #5,734 |
| 1933 | 7 | #6,237 |
| 1932 | 5 | #8,185 |
| 1930 | 7 | #6,795 |
| 1926 | 5 | #9,144 |
| 1925 | 7 | #7,350 |