Semon — boys' name
12 babies named Semon in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Semon was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Semon in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Semon
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Semon between 1922 and 1926, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Semon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Semon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1981.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Semon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Semon 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 12 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.
Semon at a glance
Last recorded 1926Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Semon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1922
- Peak year (1922)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1926.
12 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 7 births in a single year.
Semon popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1981 (Semon as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Semon accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Semon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 12 births that decade — 100% of Semon's all-time total
Semon decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Semon's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1922–1926 (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.