Sébastien
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sebastian
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sebastjɛ̃/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sébastien is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 3rd most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 351(inferred from the name graph)
- CZCzechia1 in 18as Jan
- RORomania1 in 48as Ioan
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sébastien itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #6 (measured from records)
- 9 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 731 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 351 (inferred from the name graph)
3,125,123 named John, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled John in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 2 more, Sebastien in FR France, Jan in CZ Czechia and Ioan in RO Romania.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sebastian
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sébastien counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #3 | 3,125,123as John | 1 in 106 | 3.1M | John | 731 |
| NG Nigeria | #11 | ≈1,200,000 est. | ≈1 in 177 | — | John | 190 |
| GB United Kingdom | #1 | ≈1,100,000 est. | ≈1 in 59 | 1.1K | John | 496 |
| PH Philippines | #3 | ≈750,000 est. | ≈1 in 145 | listed | John | 261 |
| CZ Czechia | #1 | 587,876as Jan | 1 in 18 | 588K | Jan | 233 |
| RO Romania | #151 | 447,697as Ioan | 1 in 48 | 448K | Ioan | 96 |
| FR France | #10 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 351 | 304K | Sebastien | 429 |
| MD Moldova | #332 | 100,110as Ion | 1 in 34 | 100K | Ион | 50 |
| IE Ireland | #1 | ≈98,000 est. | ≈1 in 53 | — | John | 245 |
3,125,123 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); MVČR — living population register 2017; DEPABD — name-day population snapshot; e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sébastien is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, du nom grec Sebastianos; surnom d’un individu originaire de Sebastia, localité du Pont et de Palestine.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, Du latin Sebastianus, «originaire de Sébaste»; fête le 20 janvier, en l’honneur de saint Sébastien, martyr.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du grec Sebastianos, « de Sébaste », lié à sebastos « vénérable ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Du grec *Sebastos* « vénérable »; saint Sébastien.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Origine grecque, du grec sebastos, « honoré ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sebastianb. 255FRnot in their usual nameChristian saint and martyr (256–288)
- Vaubanb. 1633FRnot in their usual nameFrench military engineer (1633–1707)
- Sébastien Grosjeanb. 1978FRFrench tennis player (born 1978)
- Nicolas Anelkab. 1979FRnot in their usual nameFrench football manager (born 1979)
- Sébastien Squillacib. 1980FRFrench footballer (born 1980)
- Sébastien Ogierb. 1983FRFrench World Rally Championship driver
- Sébastien Lecornub. 1986FRPrime Minister of France since 2025
- Sébastien Bassongb. 1986FRCameroonian and French footballer
- Sébastien Buemib. 1988CHSwiss professional racing driver
- Sébastien Hallerb. 1994FRIvorian-French footballer (born 1994)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 304K | #915 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 158 | #1,055 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 79 | #1,141 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 79 | #1,072 |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sébastien mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sebastian Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Sébastien?
- A machine transcription gives /sebastjɛ̃/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Sébastien a male or female name?
- Sébastien is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Sébastien?
- In the etymology graph, Sebastian, Bastian and Sebastiano are forms of the same name in other languages; Bastien is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Sébastien have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 3.1 million people named John, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sébastien?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,125,123 people named John in 2020, about 1 in 106 residents.
- How common is Sébastien compared with other names?
- In the United States, Sébastien is the 3rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/s%C3%A9bastienThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sébastien” — the 3rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.