Sabastian · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Sabastian.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1917

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 57 recorded years as a table

Sabastian, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1917	5
1938	5
1962	3
1966	3
1968	3
1970	8
1971	7
1972	6
1974	3
1975	5
1976	4
1978	4
1979	4
1980	3
1983	4
1984	3
1985	5
1986	7
1987	4
1988	7
1989	7
1990	13
1991	37
1992	38
1993	37
1994	38
1995	32
1996	32
1997	46
1998	39
1999	48
2000	83
2001	106
2002	87
2003	88
2004	63
2005	73
2006	71
2007	68
2008	72
2009	70
2010	71
2011	65
2012	57
2013	52
2014	48
2015	49
2016	43
2017	41
2018	43
2019	45
2020	35
2021	37
2022	28
2023	27
2024	17
2025	19

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sabastian isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 33
Rank in 2025: #3,450
How rare: 1 in 51,759 boys
Since 1917: 3,671

Most popular in 2001, at 106 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 61% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.