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Sebasthian

Boy · seh-bahs-TYAHN · Greek

Sebasthian 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 Sebasthian mean?

Greek: Spanish-style spelling of Sebastian

“from Sebaste; venerable”

A spelling of Sebastian, 'man from Sebaste', a town named from Greek sebastos 'venerable'.

Say it
seh-bahs-TYAHN

Is Sebasthian a girl's or a boy's name?

Sebasthian 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 Sebasthian 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 Sebasthian, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.

2025 had more boys named Sebasthian than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Sebasthian in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 14 in 20072025
Sebasthian in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#8,239
20247#9,888
20237#9,757
20225#12,322
20210–
20206#10,599
20198#8,883
20187#9,664
201710#7,542
20160–
20156#10,638
20147#9,636
20135#12,129
201214#5,995
20116#10,801
20109#8,133
20096#10,989
20088#9,013
200714#5,898
20067#9,579
20055#11,464
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20007#8,202

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