Sean

“God is gracious” — Hebrew via Latin and Irish origin

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

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

Around the world: #24 in Ireland (2025) · #68 in N. Ireland (2025).

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

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) — Uncanny X-Men
Sean McNamara — Nip/Tuck
Sean Boswell — The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · Furious 7

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.

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

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