Semajay — boys' name
63 babies named Semajay in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Semajay was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Semajay in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Semajay
The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Semajay between 2004 and 2019, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Semajay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Semajay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Semajay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Semajay 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 63 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.
Semajay at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Semajay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2004
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
63 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 12 births in a single year.
Semajay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 39 births that decade — 62% of Semajay's all-time total
Semajay decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Semajay's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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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, 2004–2019 (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.