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Sean

Boy's name · #489 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Sean reached its best rank, #33, in 1972 and ranked #489 in 2025. Roughly 424,000 boys have been named Sean since 1925.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#24 in Ireland (2025) · #68 in N. Ireland (2025) · #239 in Scotland (2025) · #620 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,319 in Belgium (2025) · #1,862 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,962 in France (2025) · #474 in Canada (2024).

Famous Seans

• Sean Connery — Scottish actor (1930–2020)
• Sean Penn — American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)
• Sean Bean — British actor
• Sean Combs — American rapper and producer (born 1969)
• Sean Astin — American actor (born 1971)

In stories & tradition

• Sean (Banshee) — X-Men (comics)
• Sean McNamara — Nip/Tuck (TV series)
• Sean Boswell — The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (film)

What Seans become

Among 2,988 notable people named Sean:

Sports figures appear 2.08× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sean Dyche, English football player and manager.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Shawn (#682) and Shaun (#1956), Sean would rank around #312 with about 1,100 births last year — the newborns split about 57/36/7 across Sean, Shawn, and Shaun.

Similar names: Shawn · Bryan · Shia · Travis · Quinn · Shane

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