Girls' name · since 2007
Semyah
Semyah has 17 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Semyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 2007.
Social Security Administration records show Semyah recorded 17 times among girls since 2007, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2013.
- #48,144 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Semyah ranks #48,144 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #48,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Semyah's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Semyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Semyah's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Semyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2013
- Peak year (2011)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Semyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
2010s was Semyah's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Semyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Semyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2007–2013 (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 Semyah 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.