Semaj
#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · #1,026 for boys in 2025, 217 births
Given to boys 78.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 374 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,421since 1971
Semaj over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 | #1,026 | 217 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #1,062 | 205 |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 | #905 | 257 |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | #1,237 | 159 |
| 2021 | #3,935 | 37 | #1,161 | 171 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | #1,149 | 169 |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | #1,080 | 185 |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 | #1,079 | 183 |
| 2017 | #2,816 | 60 | #1,029 | 195 |
| 2016 | #3,010 | 55 | #1,037 | 191 |
| 2015 | #2,964 | 58 | #1,012 | 201 |
| 2014 | #2,969 | 57 | #952 | 221 |
| 2013 | #2,870 | 59 | #849 | 251 |
| 2012 | #2,078 | 92 | #771 | 295 |
| 2011 | #2,043 | 95 | #627 | 374 |
| 2010 | #1,809 | 113 | #675 | 354 |
| 2009 | #1,676 | 133 | #672 | 362 |
| 2008 | #1,927 | 109 | #698 | 338 |
| 2007 | #1,868 | 112 | #733 | 310 |
| 2006 | #2,031 | 97 | #695 | 319 |
| 2005 | #1,950 | 98 | #701 | 293 |
| 2004 | #2,240 | 78 | #737 | 254 |
| 2003 | #2,125 | 82 | #767 | 230 |
| 2002 | #2,379 | 67 | #753 | 230 |
| 2001 | #2,411 | 65 | #711 | 248 |
| 2000 | #2,740 | 53 | #1,027 | 142 |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 | #936 | 156 |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 | #1,072 | 122 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | #1,310 | 87 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 | #1,149 | 103 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | #1,338 | 77 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #1,454 | 66 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | #1,333 | 73 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #1,659 | 52 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #1,919 | 40 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #1,464 | 59 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,705 | 45 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,018 | 14 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,946 | 12 |
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| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Semaj! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Semaj is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#193 · 1 in 688
- South Carolina#246 · 1 in 1,230
- Pennsylvania#315 · 1 in 1,825
- Louisiana#325 · 1 in 1,511
- North Carolina#404 · 1 in 2,528
Best ever in a state: #139 in District of Columbia, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #193 | 6 | 1 in 688 |
| South Carolina | #246 | 17 | 1 in 1,230 |
| Pennsylvania | #315 | 33 | 1 in 1,825 |
| Louisiana | #325 | 16 | 1 in 1,511 |
| North Carolina | #404 | 20 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Nevada | #426 | 6 | 1 in 2,214 |
| New Jersey | #453 | 14 | 1 in 2,962 |
| Illinois | #520 | 20 | 1 in 3,326 |
| Mississippi | #520 | 5 | 1 in 2,691 |
| Maryland | #579 | 7 | 1 in 3,963 |
| Georgia | #587 | 14 | 1 in 3,858 |
| Michigan | #659 | 10 | 1 in 4,764 |
| Tennessee | #700 | 7 | 1 in 5,113 |
| Indiana | #704 | 7 | 1 in 5,096 |
| Ohio | #805 | 9 | 1 in 6,640 |
| Virginia | #846 | 6 | 1 in 6,970 |
| California | #922 | 24 | 1 in 9,604 |
| New York | #1,001 | 12 | 1 in 8,692 |
| Florida | #1,013 | 10 | 1 in 9,196 |
| Texas | #1,067 | 17 | 1 in 10,450 |
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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.
See more about Semaj
- 36 spots since 2024 (#1,062 → #1,026)
- 123 spots since 2020 (#1,149 → #1,026)
- 14 spots since 2015 (#1,012 → #1,026)
- Biggest jump: 332 spots in 2023 (#1,237 → #905)
- Biggest drop: 157 spots in 2024 (#905 → #1,062)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2011 at #627 (374 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2001–2014
- Highest: 1 in 5,078 boys born in 2011 were named Semaj (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,871 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 36.7% of all boys named Semaj (2,726) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1984, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 81 | #2,826 (1976) | #3,566 |
| 1980s | 151 | #1,705 (1989) | #3,228 |
| 1990s | 835 | #936 (1999) | #1,363 |
| 2000s | 2,726 | #672 (2009) | #749 |
| 2010s | 2,450 | #627 (2011) | #911 |
| 2020s | 1,178 | #905 (2023) | #1,090 |
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.
Semaj in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 19,142 of them was named Semaj, which outranked 89.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,064Sinai93
- #2,064Taelynn93
- #2,064Trinitee93
- #2,078Semaj92
- #2,078Aaleyah92
- #2,078Afton92
- #2,078Ailani92
- #2,095Abriana91
- #2,095Alexi91
- #2,095Alycia91
Tied with 16 names at #2,078; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 6,430 of them was named Semaj, which outranked 94.6% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.