Daniel vs Sebastian

Daniel is the more popular boy name in Canada, #29 to #76 in 2023. Sebastian is the more popular boy name in the United States, #14 to #16 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

DanielSebastian#1#50#100#250Canada#29 → #76 ↓47United States#16 → #14 ↑2Alberta#16 → #86 ↓70British Columbia#17 → #71 ↓54Ontario#19 → #61 ↓42Quebec#112 → #231 ↓119
PlaceYear Daniel Sebastian Ahead
Canada2023#29#76Daniel
United States2024#16#14Sebastian
Alberta2024#16#86Daniel
British Columbia2024#17#71Daniel
Ontario2024#19#61Daniel
Quebec2024#112#231Daniel

Daniel and Sebastian in Canada, 2020–2023

Daniel slipped from #28 in 2020 to #29 in 2023 in Canada. Sebastian climbed from #80 in 2020 to #76 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#100#29 Daniel#76 Sebastian2020202120222023

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Daniel and Sebastian in the United States, 2020–2024

Daniel slipped from #14 in 2020 to #16 in 2024 in the United States. Sebastian climbed from #19 in 2020 to #14 in 2024 in the United States. Sebastian passed Daniel in 2022.

#1#20#14 Sebastian#16 Daniel20202021202220232024

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How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.