Names like Sebastian

In 2025, 8,605 boys born in the US were named Sebastian, #16 among boys' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1881, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1960.

Its best rank was #13, every year from 2022 to 2023.

The most births in one year were 10,309, in 2016.

Births fell 11% from 9,632 in 2015.

For 6 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1955 or later (Sebastian's began in 1960).

Sebastian's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   —
2. 1890
   —
3. 1900
   —
4. 1910
   #789
5. 1920
   #512
6. 1930
   #555
7. 1940
   #851
8. 1950
   —
9. 1960
   #885
10. 1970
    #624
11. 1980
    #660
12. 1990
    #320
13. 2000
    #81
14. 2010
    #68
15. 2020
    #19
16. 2025
    #16

— outside the top 1,000

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Sebastian's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.