Semiyah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Semiyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Semiyah between 1997 and 2020, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Semiyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Semiyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Semiyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Semiyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Semiyah 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 148 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.