Sean is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 726 boys in the United States.
Sean belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Irish & Celtic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Sean first appears in Social Security records in 1925. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #33 in 1972, and in 2024 726 babies received the name — 423,036 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Sean is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Hebrew and Biblical origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Sean is a boy name. In 2024, 726 babies received the name in the US.
Sean comes from the Biblical & Christian and Irish & Celtic tradition.
Sean first appears in US records in 1925. Its best-ever ranking was #33 in 1972, and 726 babies were given the name in 2024.
Sean is pronounced /ʃɔːn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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