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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

SeanIn Hebrew: שון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: שׁוֹן

Sean (Hebrew: שון) is a boy's name of international origin. 4,359 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 95 boys and ranked #183. Its peak year was 2002, with 163 babies.

People in Israel
4,359
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
95
rank #183
Peak year
2002
163 babies
USA, 2025
616
rank #489

Writing and saying Sean

In Hebrew letters the name is שון, read right to left. Sean is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Sean by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Sean: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Sean in English-speaking countries

Sean in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025616#4891990 (12,018)
United Kingdom2025114#4081997 (1,941)
England and Wales202561#6151996 (1,594)
Scotland202518#2261992 (634)
Northern Ireland202535#671997 (186)
Ireland2025231#132006 (994)
British Columbia20237#4421987 (210)
Alberta20259#4971986 (181)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Sean has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Sean

How do you write Sean in Hebrew?

Sean is written שון in Hebrew (with vowel points: שׁוֹן). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Sean?

4,359 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שון: 147 women and 4,212 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Sean a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 96.6% of the people named שון are men.

Is Sean used outside Israel?

The name Sean appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 616 boys were given it in 2025 (#489), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 114 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.