Recorded 2000–2016 Boys' name Peak 2008 47 births

Sebastiaan — boys' name

47 babies named Sebastiaan in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

47 boys have been named Sebastiaan since 2000, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2016.

47
total births
2000–2016
years on record
2010s
peak decade
51%
born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Sebastiaan was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

7 babies were named Sebastiaan in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sebastiaan

The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Sebastiaan between 2000 and 2016, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sebastiaan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sebastiaan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sebastiaan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sebastiaan 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 47 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.

Sebastiaan at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

47

Since 2000

17 years of records

Peak year

2008

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2000

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2016

Sebastiaan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2000

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2008)
7
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20162015201320102009200820032000 5

Sebastiaan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
24 births that decade — 51% of Sebastiaan's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sebastiaan?
47 babies have been named Sebastiaan since 2000. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2008 with 7 births.
When was Sebastiaan most popular?
Sebastiaan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Sebastiaan been used?
Sebastiaan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 17 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Sebastiaan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sebastian, Sebastien, Sebastiano, Sebastion, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.