boy's name

Seanpaul

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 317

Northern Ireland

#398

as Sean-Paul, 2009

Seanpaul is a boy's name. In 2010 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2003, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Seanpaul over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2010, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Seanpaul by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 24
1980s 80
1990s 59
2000s 91
2010s (to 2010) 6

How popular is Seanpaul?

In 2010, Seanpaul was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Seanpaul is used

Northern Ireland as Sean-Paul #398 3 in 2009
Scotland #815 3 in 2014
England & Wales as Sean-Paul #4,799 3 in 2010
United States #11,836 6 in 2010

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Seanpaul is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Sean-Paul Sean-Paul is Seanpaul written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Scotland. 48

Names that peaked alongside Seanpaul

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Seanpaul also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Seanpaul over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Seanpaul

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Seanpaul — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Seanpaul

How popular is the name Seanpaul?

In 2010, Seanpaul was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Seanpaul is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Seanpaul most popular?

Seanpaul peaked in 2003, when 17 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.