Masculine dossier · first seen 1925

Sean

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sean
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94% from peak

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

12,018

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1925Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

94%

2024

726

All-time

423,036

Sean once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 12,018 boys were named Sean.

In 2024, only 726 boys were given the name.

Down 94% from its peak.

All told, about 423,036 Americans have been named Sean and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1925.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94% from peak

199012,018 boys named Sean

2024726 boys named Sean

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