NameTides

Sehaj

Sehaj was the #5,554 girls' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies), and #1,229 in England & Wales and #671 in Canada.

Sehaj as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sehaj as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Sehaj as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#5,554 (22)#1,229 (26)#671 (45)
2024#5,799 (21)#1,128 (30)#854 (33)
2023#5,248 (24)#1,525 (20)#958 (27)
2022#6,707 (17)#1,081 (31)#722 (38)
2021#6,967 (16)#1,505 (20)#877 (32)
2020#5,168 (24)#1,352 (23)#633 (45)
2019#5,163 (25)#1,634 (18)#581 (53)
2018#6,010 (20)#2,090 (13)#703 (41)
2017#4,304 (33)#1,457 (22)#720 (40)
2016#6,186 (20)#1,635 (19)#627 (48)
2015#6,236 (20)#1,549 (20)#864 (31)
2014#6,987 (17)#3,514 (6)#972 (27)
2013#7,748 (15)#2,887 (8)#1,057 (24)
2012#10,429 (10)—#1,142 (22)
2011#11,181 (9)#5,785 (3)#1,305 (18)

Sehaj as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sehaj as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Sehaj as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#12,008 (5)#2,952 (7)#859 (30)
2024#8,312 (9)#1,859 (13)#959 (26)
2023#6,897 (12)#1,701 (14)#886 (27)
2022#7,262 (11)#2,019 (11)#944 (25)
2021#7,587 (10)#1,860 (12)#1,230 (17)
2020#7,502 (10)#1,492 (16)#999 (22)
2019#6,104 (14)#1,745 (13)#1,101 (19)
2018#7,136 (11)#2,693 (7)#1,175 (17)
2017#6,338 (13)#2,052 (11)#1,074 (20)
2016#5,555 (16)#3,079 (6)#1,118 (19)
2015#5,999 (14)#3,373 (5)#1,319 (14)
2014#9,642 (7)#1,560 (15)#1,032 (20)
2013#5,923 (14)#2,216 (9)#1,028 (20)
2012#6,001 (14)#3,416 (5)#813 (28)
2011#7,009 (11)—#869 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #4,304.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2004.
  • In 2025, 82% of US babies named Sehaj were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 71,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 330,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sehaj is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 62,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 47,000 to 1 in 81,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sehaj by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sehaj (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Sehaj (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SehajCanadaGirls#67145
SehajCanadaBoys#85930
SehajEngland & WalesGirls#1,22926
SehajEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
SehajNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SehajUSGirls#5,55422
SehajUSBoys#12,0085