Sebastien

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sebastien: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sebastien: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #517 in 2007, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#517highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#898
1997	#629
1998	#571
1999	#655
2000	#731
2001	#668
2002	#691
2003	#615
2004	#590
2005	#574
2006	#582
2007	#517
2008	#597
2009	#627
2010	#536
2011	#565
2012	#549
2013	#589
2014	#534
2015	#719
2016	#748
2017	#888
2018	#835
2019	#1001
2020	#1635
2021	#1078
2022	#1029
2023	#1533
2024	#1595

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2019: #764 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1001 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #898 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sebastien appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,131 births with the name.

Sebastien across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sebastien's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#898 (1996)	#517 (2007)	#1595 (2024)	29 of 29	1,131 (1996–2024)	70 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#601 (2008)	#542 (2010)	#764 (2019)	7 of 12	25 (2008–2019)	5 (2010)

Sebastien by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sebastien in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	100	4 of 10	25
2000s	418	10 of 10	42
2010sbusiest	513	10 of 10	51
2020s	100	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 51 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sebastien appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #517 in England and Wales in 2007.

Sebastien's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1029	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#835	37	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#888	35	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#748	45	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#534	70	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#589	60	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#549	66	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#565	62	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#536	64	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#627	51	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#597	53	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#517	62	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#582	50	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#574	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#590	41	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#615	36	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#691	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#668	27	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#731	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#655	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#571	32	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#629	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #517, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 70 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sebastian · #6, 58y
Sebastiano · #1796, 23y
Sedra · #2449, 14y
Seeley · #3004, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amine · #518, 29y
Andrey · #518, 24y
Christa · #518, 25y
Eren · #518, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Apryl · #517, 19y
Hettie · #517, 28y
Leisha · #517, 23y
Amee · #516, 14y

Sebastien was ranked #517 in England and Wales · Boys in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sebastien and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sebastien without appearing here.

Sebastien moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Roger Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1635 and #1548 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1078 and #2125.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1635 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1078 and #1984.
Craig Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1635 and #1492 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1078 and #1688.

Moved ahead of Sebastien

Conan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1029 and #1143 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #987.
Markus Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1029 and #1224 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #1108.
Lachlan Compare
In 2014 they stood at #534 and #558 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #719 and #363.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1029 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #1207.

Moved the opposite way to Sebastien

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sebastien went from #898 to #1595 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sebastien went from #898 to #1595 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sebastien went from #898 to #1595 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sebastien went from #898 to #1595 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Sebastien

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sebastien went from #898 to #1595 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sebastien went from #898 to #1595 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sebastien went from #898 to #1595 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sebastien went from #898 to #1595 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #517 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sebastien

Sebastien at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sebastien across 2 official records

Sebastien by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sebastien appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sebastien

Sebastien and the names beside it

Sebastien moved ahead of

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Sebastien at a glance

Sebastien across 2 official records

Sebastien by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sebastien appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sebastien

Sebastien and the names beside it

Sebastien moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sebastien

Moved the opposite way to Sebastien

Moved the same way as Sebastien