Semaj**
#1,215 most common boys' name of all time · #2,908 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 1971–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,215
Rank overall
#2,908 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
9,459
Since 2016
2,297
Peak year
2009 #673
Best rank
#627 2011
Girls
Boys
peak 495/yr
Semaj first appears in 1971. 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 | 18 | 217 | 235 | #1,026 |
| 2024 | 19 | 205 | 224 | #1,064 |
| 2023 | 29 | 257 | 286 | #907 |
| 2022 | 40 | 159 | 199 | #1,242 |
| 2021 | 37 | 171 | 208 | #1,163 |
| 2020 | 26 | 169 | 195 | #1,150 |
| 2019 | 40 | 185 | 225 | #1,082 |
| 2018 | 41 | 183 | 224 | #1,081 |
| 2017 | 60 | 195 | 255 | #1,033 |
| 2016 | 55 | 191 | 246 | #1,039 |
| 2015 | 58 | 201 | 259 | #1,013 |
| 2014 | 57 | 221 | 278 | #957 |
| 2013 | 59 | 251 | 310 | #856 |
| 2012 | 92 | 295 | 387 | #771 |
| 2011 | 95 | 374 | 469 | #627 |
| 2010 | 113 | 354 | 467 | #675 |
| 2009 | 133 | 362 | 495 | #673 |
| 2008 | 109 | 338 | 447 | #698 |
| 2007 | 112 | 310 | 422 | #734 |
| 2006 | 97 | 319 | 416 | #695 |
| 2005 | 98 | 293 | 391 | #701 |
| 2004 | 78 | 254 | 332 | #738 |
| 2003 | 82 | 230 | 312 | #769 |
| 2002 | 67 | 230 | 297 | #754 |
| 2001 | 65 | 248 | 313 | #712 |
| 2000 | 53 | 142 | 195 | #1,031 |
| 1999 | 36 | 156 | 192 | #938 |
| 1998 | 43 | 122 | 165 | #1,075 |
| 1997 | 27 | 87 | 114 | #1,318 |
| 1996 | 32 | 103 | 135 | #1,153 |
| 1995 | 29 | 77 | 106 | #1,350 |
| 1994 | 20 | 66 | 86 | #1,464 |
| 1993 | 24 | 73 | 97 | #1,338 |
| 1992 | 19 | 52 | 71 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 18 | 40 | 58 | #1,943 |
| 1990 | 9 | 59 | 68 | #1,485 |
| 1989 | 8 | 45 | 53 | #1,730 |
| 1988 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #3,305 |
| 1987 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #3,654 |
| 1986 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #2,974 |
| 1985 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,988 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,402 |
| 1982 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,948 |
| 1981 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,078 |
| 1980 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,230 |
| 1979 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,138 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,798 |
| 1977 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #4,486 |
| 1976 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,936 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,640 |
| 1974 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,933 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,624 |