Sebastain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- seh-BAS-chun
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Sebastain is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Sebaste; venerable”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Sebastain mean?
Greek: spelling of Sebastian, from Latin Sebastianus
“from Sebaste; venerable”
A spelling of Sebastian; Saint Sebastian was a Roman soldier martyred around 288, often shown pierced by arrows.
Is Sebastain a girl's or a boy's name?
Sebastain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sebastain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Sebastain, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Sebastain in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sebastain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Nicknames for Sebastain
Names like Sebastain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ibrahim Hamza Abdullah Mustafa Samir Musa Zahir Amir Jamir Salem Zamir
Names related to Sebastain
Sebastian Sebastien Sebastion Sebastiano Zebastian Sebasthian Sebashtian Sebastyan
More Greek names
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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, “Sebastain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sebastain, updated 20 October 2026.