Seamus
- #1,276 for boys in 2025, 154 births
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 248 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,809since 1957
Seamus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Seamus has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,276 | 154 |
| 2024 | #1,448 | 125 |
| 2023 | #1,365 | 137 |
| 2022 | #1,314 | 143 |
| 2021 | #1,218 | 158 |
| 2020 | #1,194 | 161 |
| 2019 | #1,044 | 197 |
| 2018 | #1,101 | 178 |
| 2017 | #977 | 211 |
| 2016 | #952 | 218 |
| 2015 | #946 | 221 |
| 2014 | #898 | 239 |
| 2013 | #862 | 247 |
| 2012 | #838 | 259 |
| 2011 | #836 | 258 |
| 2010 | #874 | 240 |
| 2009 | #806 | 276 |
| 2008 | #753 | 298 |
| 2007 | #751 | 296 |
| 2006 | #832 | 244 |
| 2005 | #776 | 254 |
| 2004 | #778 | 233 |
| 2003 | #734 | 248 |
| 2002 | #802 | 215 |
| 2001 | #852 | 188 |
| 2000 | #824 | 194 |
| 1999 | #799 | 191 |
| 1998 | #888 | 164 |
| 1997 | #859 | 164 |
| 1996 | #874 | 157 |
| 1995 | #970 | 130 |
| 1994 | #1,059 | 111 |
| 1993 | #1,196 | 88 |
| 1992 | #1,237 | 83 |
| 1991 | #1,264 | 78 |
| 1990 | #1,278 | 75 |
| 1989 | #1,433 | 58 |
| 1988 | #1,404 | 55 |
| 1987 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #1,511 | 44 |
| 1985 | #1,304 | 54 |
| 1984 | #1,382 | 47 |
| 1983 | #1,787 | 31 |
| 1982 | #1,342 | 49 |
| 1981 | #1,198 | 59 |
| 1980 | #1,324 | 50 |
| 1979 | #1,464 | 41 |
| 1978 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,312 | 47 |
| 1976 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #1,478 | 36 |
| 1974 | #1,501 | 34 |
| 1973 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five boys were named Seamus! It came in at #2,822, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1958, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Seamus is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Massachusetts#289 · 1 in 1,351
- Pennsylvania#546 · 1 in 3,074
- Missouri#709 · 1 in 3,973
- Minnesota#718 · 1 in 4,083
- Colorado#756 · 1 in 4,475
Best ever in a state: #120 in New Hampshire, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #289 | 20 | 1 in 1,351 |
| Pennsylvania | #546 | 17 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Michigan | #768 | 9 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| New York | #1,055 | 11 | 1 in 7,675 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 172 spots since 2024 (#1,448 → #1,276)
- 82 spots since 2020 (#1,194 → #1,276)
- Biggest jump: 96 spots in 1996
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 2018
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2003 at #734 (248 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1995–2017
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,846
- Highest: 1 in 6,846 boys born in 2008 were named Seamus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,091 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #734 in 2003, was only 1 in 7,965 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 31.3% of all boys named Seamus (2,446) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 25 | #2,663 (1959) | #3,015 |
| 1960s | 122 | #1,809 (1967) | #2,575 |
| 1970s | 332 | #1,312 (1977) | #1,614 |
| 1980s | 497 | #1,198 (1981) | #1,412 |
| 1990s | 1,241 | #799 (1999) | #1,042 |
| 2000s | 2,446 | #734 (2003) | #791 |
| 2010s | 2,268 | #836 (2011) | #933 |
| 2020s | 878 | #1,194 (2020) | #1,303 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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