Zebastian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zeh-BAS-chen
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Zebastian is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “venerable”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Zebastian mean?
Greek: Z- spelling of Sebastian, via Latin Sebastianus
“venerable”
Variant of Sebastian, after Saint Sebastian, the 3rd-century Roman martyr.
Is Zebastian a girl's or a boy's name?
Zebastian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zebastian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Zebastian, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Zebastian in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zebastian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Nicknames for Zebastian
Names like Zebastian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elian, Bastian, Zayn, Zayden, Zayan, Zayd, Eziah, Zavian, Caspian, Zahir, Jasiah, Zamir
Names related to Zebastian
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, “Zebastian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zebastian, updated 20 October 2026.