Semaj
Semaj is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 204 births. Its best rank was 627th, in 2011.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2040.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2011374 births
- Best rank
- #627in 2011
- Since 1971
- 9,222people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,203 boys have been named Semaj in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 374 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2000s alone account for 38%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Semaj is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (2,019), most of them born around 2009.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2011, its biggest year
Semaj was the 627th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2011 were Jacob, Mason, William, Jayden and Noah. See all of 2011.
Names that rose and fell with Semaj
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Keylanpeak 2006
- Mykellpeak 2006
- Rohanpeak 2004
- Jacoripeak 2010
- Jovanipeak 2009
- Dominikpeak 2012
- Ashtenpeak 2009
- Kamarpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.