Seamus
#1,347 most common boys' name of all time · #3,232 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1957–2025
Rank among boys
#1,347
Rank overall
#3,232 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
7,809
Since 2016
1,682
Peak year
2008 #753
Best rank
#735 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 298/yr
Seamus first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 154 | 154 | #1,279 |
| 2024 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,451 |
| 2023 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,365 |
| 2022 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,316 |
| 2021 | — | 158 | 158 | #1,222 |
| 2020 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,194 |
| 2019 | — | 197 | 197 | #1,046 |
| 2018 | — | 178 | 178 | #1,105 |
| 2017 | — | 211 | 211 | #978 |
| 2016 | — | 218 | 218 | #953 |
| 2015 | — | 221 | 221 | #946 |
| 2014 | — | 239 | 239 | #900 |
| 2013 | — | 247 | 247 | #864 |
| 2012 | — | 259 | 259 | #838 |
| 2011 | — | 258 | 258 | #837 |
| 2010 | — | 240 | 240 | #876 |
| 2009 | — | 276 | 276 | #807 |
| 2008 | — | 298 | 298 | #753 |
| 2007 | — | 296 | 296 | #751 |
| 2006 | — | 244 | 244 | #832 |
| 2005 | — | 254 | 254 | #777 |
| 2004 | — | 233 | 233 | #780 |
| 2003 | — | 248 | 248 | #735 |
| 2002 | — | 215 | 215 | #802 |
| 2001 | — | 188 | 188 | #856 |
| 2000 | — | 194 | 194 | #827 |
| 1999 | — | 191 | 191 | #804 |
| 1998 | — | 164 | 164 | #889 |
| 1997 | — | 164 | 164 | #862 |
| 1996 | — | 157 | 157 | #877 |
| 1995 | — | 130 | 130 | #973 |
| 1994 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,060 |
| 1993 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,202 |
| 1992 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,241 |
| 1991 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,270 |
| 1990 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,284 |
| 1989 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,445 |
| 1988 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,416 |
| 1987 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,459 |
| 1986 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,530 |
| 1985 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,316 |
| 1984 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,395 |
| 1983 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,809 |
| 1982 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,356 |
| 1981 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,198 |
| 1980 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,336 |
| 1979 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,480 |
| 1978 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,346 |
| 1977 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,330 |
| 1976 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1975 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1974 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,514 |
| 1973 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,689 |
| 1972 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,758 |
| 1971 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,855 |
| 1970 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1969 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,398 |
| 1968 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1967 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,211 |
| 1965 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,541 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,990 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,285 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,011 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,064 |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,816 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,922 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,022 |