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The name Sebastian peaked for girls at #5184 in 2004. Sebastian is also used for boys, ranking #16 in 2025.

The name Sebastian is a boy's name of Greek, Latin origin meaning "person from ancient city of Sebastia, venerable".

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With international flair and elegance, Sebastian is a saintly, Shakespearean and Disney-inspired choice: refined, classic-yet-unconventional, and totally in tune with other popular choices like Theodore, Oliver, and Alexander. Recent data has seen it rank in the Top 20 in the US, while across the globe it sits in the Top 100 in England and Wales, Czechia, The Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Austria, Norway, and Puerto Rico.
 Sebastian is derived from the Greek Sebastianos, meaning "from Sebastia", ultimately from sebastos meaning "venerable, pious".. Sebastia was a city in Asia Minor—modern day Sivas, Turkey. Sebastian is a name with a substantial history, first as the third-century martyr whose sufferings were a favorite subject of medieval artists, then as the name of memorable characters in such varied works as Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and The Tempest, Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, and of course, Disney's The Little Mermaid.
 
Notably borne by actor Sebastian Stan, several celebs have also chosen the name for their sons, including James Spader, Kim Fields, Malin Akerman and Tommy Hilfiger.
 
Nicknames could be Seb, Sebby, Baz, Bastian, Bash, and Stan.

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The name Sebastian is currently ranked #16 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #13 in 2022. The name is most popular in SEBASTIAN, SEBASTIAN, and SEBASTIAN. Sebastian is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

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