Sebastian
In 2025 Sebastian comes in at #16 nationally, as settled as a name gets. An old entry (1881) having its biggest moment now, with 218,055 American bearers across the record.
What Sebastian carries
Sebastian · Greek
“venerable”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Sebastian’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Sebastian, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Sebastian since 1881
Sebastian peaked in 2016 at #23; #16 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Sebastian is most common
Among the states, Sebastian takes its largest share in California, 1.11% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with New Mexico and District of Columbia next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Sebastian
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Sofia
#9 in 2025 · Greek
Elena
#42 in 2025 · Greek
Sophia
#5 in 2025 · Greek
Sophie
#55 in 2025 · Greek
Theodore
#4 in 2025 · Greek
Nicolas
#177 in 2025 · Greek
Leo
#19 in 2025 · Greek
Penelope
#22 in 2025 · Greek
Browse: names starting with S · Greek names · all names
About Sebastian
Where does Sebastian rank right now?
In 2025 Sebastian comes in at #16 nationally, as settled as a name gets. The chart above draws the whole run since 1881, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Sebastian?
“venerable” is the meaning our source sets down, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Sebastian?
The recipe puts Sofia first, then Sophia, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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