Description of the name "Sean"

Sean is most popular name in Massachusetts of US for all generations. And most popular Boy name of Millennials (Gen Y) in Northeast. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is decreasing.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for male in South, and falling for male in South

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Sean'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Sean'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Sean"

Years where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Data are missing for 4 years where the name Howard is not in the top 1000 most popular names. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Sean" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Sean" is 1098th out of 1233 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Sean" is 256th out of 1280 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Sean" is 44th out of 1316 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Sean" is 44th out of 1329 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Sean" is 67th out of 1377 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Sean" is 258th out of 1201 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and regions

In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Sean" is 163rd out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Sean" is 90th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of South, the popularity of name "Sean" is 185th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of West, the popularity of name "Sean" is 115th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Sean" is 51st out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Sean" is 32nd out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of South, the popularity of name "Sean" is 65th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of West, the popularity of name "Sean" is 33rd out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Sean" is 48th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Sean" is 31st out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Sean" is 50th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of West, the popularity of name "Sean" is 35th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Sean" is 78th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Sean" is 38th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of South, the popularity of name "Sean" is 78th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of West, the popularity of name "Sean" is 81st out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Sean" is 167th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of South, the popularity of name "Sean" is 287th out of 1201 names of Boy.
 
 

Popularities by states

In here, popularity refers to the value obtained by dividing the number of births with that name in a particular state by the total number of births in that state. Therefore, it represents an absolute value of popularity unaffected by population.