Sean — #436 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sean

The Social Security Administration has registered 423,036 babies named Sean between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sean currently holds the #436 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 12,018 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sean performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 103,875 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 57,666 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Sean in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sean in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 423,036 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.