boys:
3.6k births since 1917
#2068 (55th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1917
#4562 (41st percentile)
The name Sabastian is the #4,562 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,602 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 41.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,068 (54.9% percentile) for all time with 3,602 births since 1917.
Sabastian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (first recorded for boys in 1917). Birth data for Sabastian is available in 55 out of the 107 years between 1917 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, Sabastian reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 23.9% percentile (ranked #628) with 99 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 99 births per million (ranked 23.9% percentile). Despite a low point around 2008, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Sabastian ranks #871 for boys (4.4% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 24.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sabastian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sabastian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.2% confident that Sabastian is pronounced as suh-BAS-chuhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-BA-stee-uhn, at 27.8% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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