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Sean

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Hebrew — Irish form of John

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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#23 in Ireland (2025) · #67 in N. Ireland (2025) · #226 in Scotland (2025) · #615 in England & Wales (2025) · #685 in Canada (2025) · #958 in Italy (2024) · #1,199 in Belgium (2025) · #1,862 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,959 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,962 in France (2025) · #3,277 in Austria (2025) and 8 more.

Famous Seans

Sean Connery — Scottish actor (1930–2020)
Sean Penn — American actor (born 1960)
Sean Bean — British actor (born 1959)
Sean Combs — American rapper and producer (born 1969)
Sean Astin — American actor (born 1971)
Sean Paul — Jamaican rapper (born 1973)
Sean Lennon — American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono (born 1975)
Sean Hayes — American actor (born 1970)
Sean Dyche — English football manager (born 1971)
Sean Hannity — American television host and political commentator (born 1961)

In stories & tradition

Sean (Banshee) — Fictional character in Marvel 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 manager (born 1971).

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: Jean · Bryan · Shia · Kyle · Quinn · Scott

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