first name
SEBASTIEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,555 people named Sebastien, 51% reported their origin as White, 21.2% as Black and 17.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sebastien peaked in 2007, when 178 babies got the name.
At least 4,057 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sebastien by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,477. The largest share of babies named Sebastien, 53%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sebastien is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sebastien has been most common in Florida (6.1×), New York (2.8×), and California (2.6×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.31×).
2,357 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sebastien
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sebastien, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sebastien ranks #87,019 of 156,621, with 230 people. See Sebastien as a last name
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