Boys' name · since 1991
Sabastien
Sabastien has 93 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,912 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 93
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sabastien is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 93 have been recorded since 1991.
Sabastien has 93 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2016.
- #17,912 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 93 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sabastien ranks #17,912 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,912 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 93
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sabastien's 93 recorded births place it above 60.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sabastien's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sabastien's full recorded timeline at 2004, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sabastien popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2016
- Peak year (2004)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Sabastien by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (66 births, 71% of the file).
2000s was Sabastien's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Sabastien births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 66 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Sabastien's decade-level peak was the 2000s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sabastien: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sabastien draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.