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Sebastien

Gender
Boy
Say it
se-BAS-tee-en
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,686 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,451 for boys

Sebastien is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “venerable”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 2,451st for boys in the US (55 babies).

What does Sebastien mean?

Greek: French form of Sebastian

“venerable”

The French form of Sebastian.

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

Sebastien is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 55 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sebastien in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,686among boys
Babies in 2025
16about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Sebastien, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 74 boys.

Half of all the boys named Sebastien in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,136 boys in the UK were given Sebastien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #50, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 74 in 20142025
Sebastien in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202516#1,686
202416#1,664
202320#1,399
202228#1,115
202127#1,134
202017#1,512
201928#1,082
201840#860
201736#936
201647#779
201549#732
201474#565
201362#625
201268#582
201163#606
201065#579
200953#664
200853#657
200765#544
200654#597
200549#605
200442#644
200337#660
200228#750
200128#707
200026#743
199928#683
199833#605
199726#690
199618#852

How popular is Sebastien in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,451among boys
Babies in 2025
55about 1 in 31,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 5% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 55 boys in the US were named Sebastien, making it the 2,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 178 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Sebastien than any year since 1993.

Half of all the boys named Sebastien in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 8,679 boys in the US were given Sebastien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #22, up from #2,451 for this spelling alone.

1971Busiest: 178 in 20072025
Sebastien in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202555#2,451
202488#1,833
202397#1,718
2022108#1,611
202193#1,740
202059#2,291
201987#1,777
2018107#1,565
2017103#1,575
2016118#1,456
2015129#1,353
2014134#1,313
2013155#1,162
2012116#1,428
2011138#1,250
2010133#1,292
2009142#1,250
2008174#1,074
2007178#1,053
2006171#1,049
2005156#1,061
2004154#1,048
2003150#1,040
2002142#1,063
2001145#1,019
2000114#1,186
199997#1,266
199865#1,602
199774#1,453
199664#1,549
199556#1,618
199456#1,628
199341#1,964
199240#1,976
199138#1,977
199046#1,725
198924#2,609
198826#2,300
198715#3,197
198613#3,437
198513#3,398
198425#2,097
198312#3,410
198222#2,268
19818#4,507
198011#3,614
19798#4,401
19788#4,155
19775#5,843
19768#4,010
19759#3,657
19740–
19738#3,692
19728#3,620
197111#2,971

Nicknames for Sebastien

Names like Sebastien

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Sebastien

Names related to Sebastien

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sebastien: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sebastien, updated 20 October 2026.