NameTides

Semaj

Semaj was the #1,026 boys' name in the US in 2025 (217 babies).

Semaj as a boy’s name

  • US
Semaj as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020US
Semaj as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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
YearUS
2025#1,026 (217)
2024#1,062 (205)
2023#905 (257)
2022#1,237 (159)
2021#1,161 (171)
2020#1,149 (169)
2019#1,080 (185)
2018#1,079 (183)
2017#1,029 (195)
2016#1,037 (191)
2015#1,012 (201)
2014#952 (221)
2013#849 (251)
2012#771 (295)
2011#627 (374)

Semaj as a girl’s name

  • US
Semaj as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Semaj as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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
YearUS
2025#6,325 (18)
2024#6,167 (19)
2023#4,655 (29)
2022#3,765 (40)
2021#3,935 (37)
2020#4,880 (26)
2019#3,718 (40)
2018#3,677 (41)
2017#2,816 (60)
2016#3,010 (55)
2015#2,964 (58)
2014#2,969 (57)
2013#2,870 (59)
2012#2,078 (92)
2011#2,043 (95)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #627.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Semaj were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,900 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 7,900uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Semaj is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 9,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Semaj 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: #540MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: 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: #855OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: 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: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #428GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #953TXFlorida: #754FL
Semaj (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500