Sebastien
Masculine · “from Sebaste”
Sébastien is from Sebaste, a city named with the Greek for 'venerable' — which translates the Latin Augustus.
How old is the name Sebastien?
Sebastien first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Sebastien alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 4,000 people named Sebastien are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sebastien most popular?
Sebastien peaked in 2001, reaching #1020 nationally. Today it ranks #2451, 1,431 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
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Where it comes from
From sebastos to Sebastien
The story of Sebastien
Cities across the Greek east were renamed Sebaste to flatter Augustus, the Greek word being a translation of his title. Saint Sebastian was shot with arrows, survived, and was then beaten to death — the arrows are what art remembers. Sébastien is standard in French and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
from Sebaste; venerable
From the Latin Sebastianus, 'from Sebaste', a city in Asia Minor named Sebaste as the Greek rendering of Augustus, 'venerable'. So the name honors an emperor at two removes. Sébastien is the French form. The chain is documented.
How the name formed
- sebastos
- Sebaste
- Sebastianus
- Sébastien
Related forms: Sébastien · Sebastián · Sebastian
Pronouncing Sebastien
seh-bas-TYEN
Three syllables, stress on the third. English Sebastian is suh-BAS-chun.
Nicknames for Sebastien
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most boys named
- 2007178 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1020reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- −37.5%55 in 2025, from 88
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sebastien in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sébastien in French — same name
- Sebastián in Spanish — related form
- Sebastian in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, New York.
Sebastiens among us
people named Sebastien are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 31,056 born in 2025 was named Sebastien
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jarell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sebastien's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jarell climbed just as high around 1985, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jarell's path sketches the road Sebastien is walking now.
Sebastien sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sebastien is headed
Sebastien should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sebastien beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sebastien in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the name honors Augustus through a Greek translation of his title is a first-rate chain.
- Seb and Bastien are two short forms, both with real use.
- It is standard in French without change.
- The accent is usually dropped in American records.
- Sebastian is what English speakers will substitute.
- The saint's martyrdom is unusually gruesome.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sebastiens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,000 people named Sebastien are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sebastien in 2025?
- Sebastien ranks #2451 among US boy names in 2025, with 55 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sebastien?
- About 1 in every 31,056 US boys born in 2025 was named Sebastien — 55 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sebastien with classmates?
- Sebastien will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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