Cebastian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- se-BAS-chun
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Cebastian is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “man from Sebaste”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Cebastian mean?
Greek: respelling of Sebastian, from Latin Sebastianus, from Greek sebastos 'venerable'
“man from Sebaste”
Respelling of Sebastian, from Latin Sebastianus, borne by the early Christian martyr Saint Sebastian.
Is Cebastian a girl's or a boy's name?
Cebastian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cebastian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Cebastian, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Cebastian in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cebastian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Nicknames for Cebastian
- Seb 26 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Cebastian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elian, Cristian, Caspian, Cassian, Bastian, Callahan, Sebastian, Colson, Killian, Orion, Cohen, Christian
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cebastian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cebastian, updated 20 October 2026.