Given name & surname
Sebastien
Sebastien is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sebastien isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sebastien through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,057
- 4,057 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 178 babies
- 2025
- 55
- #2,473 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 55 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,473 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 178 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,555 as a first name in 2020; 230 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sebastien’s family of names
Sebastien has a related form in Sebastian. In French usage, Sebastien has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Sebastião.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sebastien
- Sebastien De MaioFrench footballerborn 1987
- Sebastien GraingerCanadian musicianborn 1979
- Sebastien IbeaghaAmerican soccer playerborn 1992
- Sébastien ThurièreAmerican-Haitian soccer playerborn 1990
- Sebastien Kenda NtumbaBishop of Tshilombaborn 1960
- Sebastien RobertsCanadian actorborn 1972
- Sebastien van NoyenArchitect1523–1557
- Sebastien RousseauSouth African swimmer, Commonwealth Games bronze medallistborn 1990
- Sebastien VorbeHaitian footballerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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