Sebastian is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #25 for boy births in the United States, given to 8,615 babies. Sebastian first appears in the data in 1881 and reached its peak in 2016 (10,325 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,615 | #25 |
| 2024 | 8,612 | #23 |
| 2023 | 8,907 | #22 |
| 2022 | 9,408 | #21 |
| 2021 | 8,944 | #29 |
| 2020 | 9,036 | #28 |
| 2019 | 9,898 | #28 |
| 2018 | 10,148 | #29 |
| 2017 | 10,210 | #36 |
| 2016 | 10,325 | #40 |
| 2015 | 9,653 | #50 |
| 2014 | 9,325 | #49 |
| 2013 | 7,561 | #69 |
| 2012 | 6,757 | #95 |
| 2011 | 6,562 | #96 |
| 2010 | 6,372 | #96 |
| 2009 | 6,000 | #107 |
| 2008 | 6,054 | #112 |
| 2007 | 6,287 | #111 |
| 2006 | 6,305 | #114 |
| 2005 | 4,968 | #148 |
| 2004 | 4,546 | #166 |
| 2003 | 4,658 | #161 |
| 2002 | 5,156 | #135 |
| 2001 | 4,989 | #143 |
| 2000 | 5,038 | #147 |
| 1999 | 2,389 | #288 |
| 1998 | 1,704 | #381 |
| 1997 | 1,774 | #363 |
| 1996 | 1,595 | #392 |
| 1995 | 1,445 | #416 |
| 1994 | 1,311 | #446 |
| 1993 | 1,308 | #451 |
| 1992 | 1,304 | #454 |
| 1991 | 1,044 | #527 |
| 1990 | 790 | #655 |
| 1989 | 527 | #867 |
| 1988 | 404 | #991 |
| 1987 | 354 | #1,036 |
| 1986 | 281 | #1,165 |
| 1985 | 288 | #1,132 |
| 1984 | 242 | #1,221 |
| 1983 | 192 | #1,397 |
| 1982 | 220 | #1,306 |
| 1981 | 175 | #1,487 |
| 1980 | 173 | #1,518 |
| 1979 | 137 | #1,727 |
| 1978 | 143 | #1,633 |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,819 |
| 1976 | 124 | #1,713 |
| 1975 | 127 | #1,677 |
| 1974 | 125 | #1,668 |
| 1973 | 129 | #1,616 |
| 1972 | 155 | #1,454 |
| 1971 | 188 | #1,354 |
| 1970 | 165 | #1,447 |
| 1969 | 116 | #1,675 |
| 1968 | 116 | #1,610 |
| 1967 | 115 | #1,588 |
| 1966 | 99 | #1,745 |
| 1965 | 104 | #1,707 |
| 1964 | 129 | #1,574 |
| 1963 | 109 | #1,718 |
| 1962 | 151 | #1,463 |
| 1961 | 105 | #1,774 |
| 1960 | 69 | #2,161 |
| 1959 | 53 | #2,441 |
| 1958 | 63 | #2,199 |
| 1957 | 50 | #2,491 |
| 1956 | 42 | #2,701 |
| 1955 | 56 | #2,266 |
| 1954 | 47 | #2,461 |
| 1953 | 52 | #2,265 |
| 1952 | 51 | #2,279 |
| 1951 | 44 | #2,417 |
| 1950 | 42 | #2,410 |
| 1949 | 51 | #2,173 |
| 1948 | 70 | #1,818 |
| 1947 | 56 | #2,081 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,981 |
| 1945 | 47 | #2,021 |
| 1944 | 47 | #2,005 |
| 1943 | 60 | #1,830 |
| 1942 | 77 | #1,573 |
| 1941 | 60 | #1,710 |
| 1940 | 51 | #1,824 |
| 1939 | 53 | #1,753 |
| 1938 | 65 | #1,577 |
| 1937 | 62 | #1,610 |
| 1936 | 65 | #1,543 |
| 1935 | 79 | #1,391 |
| 1934 | 81 | #1,378 |
| 1933 | 75 | #1,412 |
| 1932 | 87 | #1,329 |
| 1931 | 94 | #1,269 |
| 1930 | 113 | #1,189 |
| 1929 | 97 | #1,292 |
| 1928 | 128 | #1,140 |
| 1927 | 104 | #1,287 |
| 1926 | 131 | #1,145 |
| 1925 | 108 | #1,293 |
| 1924 | 137 | #1,163 |
| 1923 | 130 | #1,176 |
| 1922 | 127 | #1,200 |
| 1921 | 130 | #1,181 |
| 1920 | 139 | #1,108 |
| 1919 | 126 | #1,146 |
| 1918 | 114 | #1,224 |
| 1917 | 122 | #1,134 |
| 1916 | 134 | #1,066 |
| 1915 | 112 | #1,137 |
| 1914 | 82 | #1,171 |
| 1913 | 63 | #1,195 |
| 1912 | 51 | #1,256 |
| 1911 | 20 | #1,666 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,959 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,813 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,698 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,866 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,991 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,958 |
| 1904 | 9 | #2,015 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,741 |
| 1902 | 5 | #2,752 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,972 |
| 1899 | 6 | #2,237 |
| 1898 | 8 | #2,018 |
| 1896 | 5 | #2,556 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,955 |
| 1894 | 5 | #2,447 |
| 1892 | 11 | #1,546 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1886 | 7 | #1,668 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,972 |
| 1882 | 10 | #1,238 |
| 1881 | 6 | #1,609 |