Girls' name · since 1930
Sema
219 babies named Sema in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,367 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 219
- born since 1930
- 2010s
- peak decade
219 babies have been named Sema since 1930, making it today's #13367 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sema has been recorded 219 times among girls since 1930, currently ranked #13367 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 2025.
- #18,900 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,367 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 219 born since 1930
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sema ranks #18,900 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,367 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 219 born since 1930, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,367 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 219
- born since 1930
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sema's 219 recorded births place it above 73.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Sema compares
219 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sema's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sema | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 219 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sema's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sema's full recorded timeline at 2003, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Sema by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Sema's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Sema births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (30% of all-time use).
Sema by state
Where Sema concentrates geographically, total births since 1930
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 219 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sema's data
- Sema's decade-level peak was the 2010s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Semas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sema: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~95 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1930–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sema draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.