boys:
205 births since 1992
#4381 (4th percentile)
overall:
205 births since 1992
#7534 (3rd percentile)
The name Cebastian is the #7,534 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 205 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,381 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 205 births since 1992.
Cebastian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (first recorded for boys in 1992). Birth data for Cebastian is available in 24 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Cebastian reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #895) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cebastian ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 56.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cebastian".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Cebastian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.5% confident that Cebastian is pronounced as suh-BAS-chuhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-BA-stee-uhn, at 17.5% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like S AH0 B AE1 S CH AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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