NameTides

Seamus

Seamus was the #1,276 boys' name in the US in 2025 (154 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales and #1,944 in Canada.

Seamus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Seamus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandUSEngland & WalesCanada
Seamus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Seamus to 2017, Séamus from 2018. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,276 (154)#1,538 (17)#400 (8)#185 (11)#147 (36)#1,944 (10)
2024#1,448 (125)#981 (31)#352 (10)#239 (8)#125 (44)#1,353 (16)
2023#1,365 (137)#1,363 (19)#435 (7)#169 (13)#155 (35)#1,810 (10)
2022#1,314 (143)#1,143 (24)#363 (9)#234 (8)#184 (28)#1,415 (14)
2021#1,218 (158)#1,448 (17)#720 (3)#143 (17)#168 (32)#1,342 (15)
2020#1,194 (161)#1,150 (23)#599 (4)#270 (6)#155 (37)#1,223 (17)
2019#1,044 (197)#1,113 (24)#464 (6)#226 (9)#202 (26)#882 (26)
2018#1,101 (178)#887 (34)#433 (7)#187 (12)#195 (29)#1,093 (19)
2017#977 (211)#1,021 (29)#733 (3)#214 (9)#134 (46)#741 (33)
2016#952 (218)#1,319 (20)#486 (6)#216 (9)#131 (50)#833 (29)
2015#946 (221)#927 (32)#389 (8)#288 (6)#140 (45)#827 (28)
2014#898 (239)#1,117 (24)#490 (6)#175 (14)#136 (47)#715 (35)
2013#862 (247)#910 (32)#399 (8)#244 (7)#178 (36)#611 (43)
2012#838 (259)#1,051 (26)#500 (5)#186 (12)#153 (45)#704 (34)
2011#836 (258)#1,045 (25)#544 (4)#245 (7)#160 (44)#712 (33)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #753.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1957.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 750common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 660common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Seamus is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Seamus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: #289MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Seamus (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SeamusCanadaBoys#1,94410
SeamusEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
SéamusIrelandBoys#14736
SeamusIrelandBoys#4029
SeamusNorthern IrelandBoys#18511
SeamusScotlandBoys#4008
SeamusUSBoys#1,276154