Girls' name · since 1999
Semaya
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 121 babies named Semaya, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,854 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Semaya currently ranks #15854 among girls' names in America, with 121 babies recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Semaya has been recorded 121 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #15854 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, 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 1999 to 2025.
- #25,061 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,854 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 121 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Semaya ranks #25,061 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,854 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 121 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,854 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Semaya's 121 recorded births place it above 65.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Semaya compares
121 28th 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
Semaya's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Semaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 121 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Semaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Semaya's full recorded timeline at 2012, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Semaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Semaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (67 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Semaya's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Semaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 67 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Semaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Semaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Semaya 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.