as a First Name
Anglicized spelling of Seán (pronounced ‘shawn’), Irish equivalent of John. The name has always been common in Ireland, but since the 1960s has frequently been chosen (usually without the accent) by parents who have no Irish connections. One influence on its popularity has been the actor Sean Connery (b. 1930), of James Bond fame.
| 184th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 323,972
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 400,934
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Sean per capita
- 1986
- marked the height of its popularity
0.22%
99.78%
0.68%
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55+
39%
30-54
30-54
33%
13-29
13-29
27%
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