Sebastiana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-bas-TYAH-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Sebastiana is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “venerable”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Sebastiana mean?
Greek: feminine of Sebastian, from sebastos
“venerable”
Feminine form of Sebastian, from Greek sebastos, 'venerable', the Greek equivalent of the Roman title Augustus.
Is Sebastiana a girl's or a boy's name?
Sebastiana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sebastiana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Sebastiana, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1921, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had more girls named Sebastiana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Sebastiana in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sebastiana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,818 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
Names like Sebastiana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stella, Helena, Sophie, Theodora, Isabella, Ophelia, Emma, Sophia, Leona, Angelina, Lena, Amelia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Sebastiana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sebastiana, updated 20 October 2026.