Sem
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Peak · boys
- 1983 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 215since 1982
Sem over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Sem has never cracked the top 5,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
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| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
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| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Sem! It came in at #5,619, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1990, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sem is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Sem in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 1983 at #5,484 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 171,273
- Highest: 1 in 171,273 boys born in 2006 were named Sem (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #5,484 in 1983, was only 1 in 298,761 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 36.3% of all boys named Sem (78) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22 | #5,484 (1983) | #6,570 |
| 1990s | 41 | #7,271 (1991) | #8,041 |
| 2000s | 78 | #6,258 (2003) | #7,951 |
| 2010s | 53 | #7,050 (2012) | #9,507 |
| 2020s | 21 | #8,825 (2021) | #9,861 |
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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