Sebastain vs Sebastiano
American parents have registered 1,005 Sebastianos since 1880, against 510 Sebastains. Sebastiano is still ahead, with 15 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Sebastain Sebastiano
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 87 years in which either name was published, Sebastiano for 72 years and Sebastain for 15 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1912–1991 Sebastiano ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1992–1995 Sebastain ahead
- 1996–2025 Sebastiano ahead, apart from 3 short spells
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Sebastain | Sebastiano | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 510 | 1,005 |
| Most in one year | 24 | 30 |
| Babies in 2025 | 9 | 15 |
| Estimated living today | 490 | 730 |
| Median age today | 20 | 22 |
| Peak year | 2002 | 2006 |
| Best rank | 3,554th boys | 3,451st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,243rd | 5,861st |
| First recorded | 1918 | 1912 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 510 | 0 / 1,005 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Sebastianos alive today are over 22; half the Sebastains are over 20. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Sebastain and Sebastiano.