Recorded 1999–2017 Girls' name Peak 2008 148 births

Semya — girls' name

148 babies named Semya in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

148 girls have been named Semya since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2017.

148
total births
1999–2017
years on record
2000s
peak decade
61%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Semya was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

17 babies were named Semya in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Semya

The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Semya between 1999 and 2017, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Semya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Semya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Semya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Semya 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.

Semya at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

148

Since 1999

19 years of records

Peak year

2008

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1999

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2017

Semya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1999

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2008)
17
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
05101520 201720132011200920072005200320011999 6

Semya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
91 births that decade — 61% of Semya's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Semya?
148 babies have been named Semya since 1999. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2008 with 17 births.
When was Semya most popular?
Semya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 91 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Semya been used?
Semya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 19 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Semya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Semaj, Semira, Semone, Sema, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1999–2017 (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.