Unisex name · since 1996
Semaje
Semaje has 142 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,142 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,995 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
142 babies have been named Semaje since 1996, making it today's #6995 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Semaje has been recorded 142 times among boys since 1996, currently ranked #6995 nationally and more common than 50% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #15,142 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,995 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Semaje ranks #15,142 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,995 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 142 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,142 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,995 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Semaje's 142 recorded births place it above 66.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Semaje compares
142 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Semaje's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Semaje | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Semaje's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Semaje's full recorded timeline at 2006, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Semaje popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #6995 among boys.
142 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 14 births in a single year.
Semaje popularity over time - girls
26 total births recorded since 2002 (Semaje as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Semaje accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Semaje by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Semaje's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Semaje births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s 24
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (51% of all-time use).
Semaje decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Semaje by state
Where Semaje concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 142 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Semaje's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (72 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Semajes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Semaje: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Semaje 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.
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