Séimí

Séimí was the #115 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (48 babies).

Séimí as a boy’s name

  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Séimí as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.5197019801990200020102020Ireland
Séimí as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.5198020002020
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
YearNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#115 (48)
2024—#139 (37)
2023—#158 (34)
2022#352 (4)#214 (24)
2021—#186 (28)
2020—#280 (16)
2019—#370 (10)
2018—#401 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2025 at #115.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2018.

How common is it?

about 1 in 490 baby boys in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Séimí is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 430 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 330 to 1 in 570.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SéimíIrelandBoys#11548
SeimiIrelandBoys—too few
SeimiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few