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Baby name
Sean
Boy
Origin of the name
Sean is the English spelling of the Irish Seán, the Irish form of John.
Classic name
423,637births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 37rank at its peak, in 1990
Where babies named Sean are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Sean is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Sean is most common in Hawaii (2 times), Massachusetts (2) and Alaska (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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