How rare is the name Seema?

5,150 people in the United States have the first name Seema, about 1 in 58,647. It ranks #3,832 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SEEMA

#3,832

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,150
About
1 in 58,647
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,150 people named Seema, 90.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 5.6% as White and 2.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Seema peaked in 1981, when 56 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1981
Births that year
56
In 2025*
9 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,192 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Seema by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #3,799. The largest share of babies named Seema, 36.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#9,12649
1970s#3,799334
1980s#4,237362
1990s#8,707180
2000s#14,129124
2010s#17,19096
2020s#18,70947
Generation X 1965–8036.2%
Millennials 1981–9636.9%
Generation Z 1997–1217%
2013 and later9.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Seema

1 other first name also has 5,150 people.

#3,832 Thien · 5,150

Either side of Seema

#3,830 Delma · 5,156#3,831 Stephani · 5,154#3,832 Thien · 5,150#3,834 Isa · 5,145

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Seema, most common first.

#14,083 Seena · 843#16,419 Sema · 687

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