Seema — #9067 US girls' name
1,183 babies named Seema in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Seema was born in this single decade.
56 babies were named Seema in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seema
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,183 babies named Seema between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seema currently holds the #9067 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 56 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seema performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 362 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Seema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 109 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Seema in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seema in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,183 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Seema at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (1981)
- 56
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #9067 among girls.
1,183 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 56 births in a single year.
Seema by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 362 births that decade — 31% of Seema's all-time total
Seema decade highlights
- Peak decade 362 births
- Runner-up 334 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Seema's strongest decade
362 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Seema by state
Where Seema concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 109 | 9.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 98 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 39 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 27 | 2.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 18 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
109 of 1,183 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.2% of nationwide
- New York 8.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.3% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.