# Seb (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/seb/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 656, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Sebastian.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 999 |
| 2012 | 35 | 866 |
| 2013 | 37 | 821 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 40 | 790 |
| 2016 | 36 | 870 |
| 2017 | 38 | 833 |
| 2018 | 58 | 619 |
| 2019 | 50 | 678 |
| 2020 | 48 | 699 |
| 2021 | 38 | 825 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,058 |
| 2023 | 36 | 874 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,162 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## In other languages

- French: Séb

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.