Daniel or Sebastian

Daniel is the more popular boy name in Canada, #28 to #79 in 2024. Sebastian is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #47 to #62 in 2025. Sebastian is the more popular boy name in the USA, #14 to #16 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

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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.

Where each place ranks Daniel against Sebastian, in that place's most recent complete year.DanielSebastian#1#50#100#250Canada#28 → #79 ↓51England and Wales#62 → #47 ↑15USA#16 → #14 ↑2Alberta#16 → #86 ↓70British Columbia#17 → #71 ↓54Ontario#19 → #61 ↓42Quebec#112 → #231 ↓119
PlaceYear Daniel Sebastian Ahead
Canada2024#28#79Daniel
England and Wales2025#62#47Sebastian
USA2024#16#14Sebastian
Alberta2024#16#86Daniel
British Columbia2024#17#71Daniel
Ontario2024#19#61Daniel
Quebec2024#112#231Daniel

Daniel and Sebastian in Canada, 2020–2024

Daniel stood at #28 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada. Sebastian climbed from #80 in 2020 to #79 in 2024 in Canada.

Daniel and Sebastian ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#100#28 Daniel#79 Sebastian20202021202220232024

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Daniel and Sebastian in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Daniel slipped from #50 in 2020 to #62 in 2025 in England and Wales. Sebastian slipped from #39 in 2020 to #47 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Daniel and Sebastian ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#47 Sebastian#62 Daniel202020212022202320242025

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Daniel and Sebastian in the USA, 2020–2024

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

Daniel and Sebastian ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#14 Sebastian#16 Daniel20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Daniel
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More head-to-heads with Sebastian
Asher or SebastianBenjamin or SebastianElijah or SebastianEthan or SebastianEzra or SebastianHenry or SebastianJack or SebastianJames or SebastianLevi or SebastianLiam or SebastianLucas or SebastianMateo or SebastianMichael or SebastianNoah or SebastianOliver or SebastianSamuel or SebastianSebastian or TheodoreSebastian or William

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.