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Girl or boy · Irish, from Hebrew
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Meaning An anglicized spelling of Irish Seán, the Irish form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan 'God is gracious'.
Certain scholars agree on this meaning.
Popular for American boys from the 1960s to the 1990s, and also given to girls.
Its wave through time A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States 0 2 4 6 8 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1970 Boys 1973 per 1,000 babies of that sex 337,127 babies given this name since 1931 At its height in 1971, about 1 in 138 boys 659 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Sean, Shaun
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.