At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- #8,243 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025
- 9 (<0.01% of boys)
- Trend
- Rising #9,554 in 2020 to #8,243 in 2025
- Peak
- #2,848 in 1962
- First recorded
- 1918
Meaning of Sebastain
Sebastain unfolds like a distant blossom drifting on a midnight breeze, its roots buried deep in the ancient Greek honorific sebastos, “venerable,” and carried forward by Latin lips into the echoing halls of early Christendom. As the name of a martyr pierced by arrows yet standing unbowed, it carries an undercurrent of quiet resilience, a stillness that recalls the hush of snow settling on pine needles. In the gentle play of moonlight on a lacquered lacquerware bowl or the delicate drift of cherry petals across a garden pond, Sebastain finds its Japanese soul: poised, elegant, and quietly profound. Whispered as se-BAS-chin beneath English skies or as se-BAS-tee-in beneath American moons, it beckons the bearer toward paths of grace and endurance, a name that both soothes and steels the heart in equal measure.
How to pronounce Sebastain
American English
- Pronounced se-BAS-tee-in /səˈbæstiːn/
British English
- Pronounced se-BAS-chin /səˈbæstjən/
Popularity of Sebastain in the U.S.
Sebastain was the #8,243 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 9 babies. It peaked at #2,848 in 1962. It first appears in the records in 1918.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1918–2025 45 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 8,243 | ▲ 1,651 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9,894 | ▼ 2,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,738 | ▼ 1,259 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,479 | ▼ 144 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,335 | ▲ 3,219 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,554 | ▼ 1,339 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,215 | ▼ 598 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,617 | ▼ 71 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,546 | ▼ 1,197 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,349 | ▼ 1,060 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,289 | ▲ 708 |
| 2014 | 14 | 5,997 | ▲ 244 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,241 | ▲ 1,318 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,559 | ▼ 550 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7,009 | ▼ 650 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6,359 | ▲ 443 |
| 2009 | 12 | 6,802 | ▼ 1,035 |
| 2008 | 15 | 5,767 | ▼ 333 |
| 2007 | 16 | 5,434 | ▲ 91 |
| 2006 | 15 | 5,525 | ▼ 1,463 |
| 2005 | 22 | 4,062 | ▲ 540 |
| 2004 | 18 | 4,602 | ▲ 433 |
| 2003 | 15 | 5,035 | ▼ 1,481 |
| 2002 | 24 | 3,554 | ▲ 748 |
| 2001 | 18 | 4,302 | ▼ 538 |
| 2000 | 21 | 3,764 | ▲ 2,278 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,042 | ▲ 2,437 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8,479 | ▼ 1,861 |
| 1997 | 8 | 6,618 | ▲ 1,353 |
| 1996 | 6 | 7,971 | ▼ 179 |
| 1995 | 6 | 7,792 | ▼ 3,502 |
| 1994 | 14 | 4,290 | ▲ 407 |
| 1993 | 12 | 4,697 | ▼ 949 |
| 1992 | 16 | 3,748 | ▲ 1,348 |
| 1991 | 10 | 5,096 | ▲ 286 |
| 1990 | 9 | 5,382 | ▲ 1,559 |
| 1989 | 6 | 6,941 | ▲ 329 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,270 | ▼ 1,811 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,459 | back (not recorded in 1973–1986) |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,441 | ▼ 478 |
| 1971 | 7 | 3,963 | back (not recorded in 1969–1970) |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,673 | back (not recorded in 1963–1967) |
| 1962 | 9 | 2,848 | ▲ 508 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,356 | back (not recorded in 1919–1960) |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,179 | new |