How rare is the name Semaj?

5,892 people in the United States have the first name Semaj, about 1 in 51,261. It ranks #3,510 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SEMAJ

#3,510

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,892
About
1 in 51,261
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,892 people named Semaj, 90.1% reported their origin as Black, 5.1% as two or more races and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 75.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Semaj peaked in 2009, when 495 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
495
In 2025*
235 ▼53%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 9,459 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Semaj by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,349. The largest share of babies named Semaj, 57.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#8,73791
1980s#6,593189
1990s#2,5361,092
2000s#1,3493,620
2010s#1,6263,120
2020s#2,0631,347
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–968.4%
Generation Z 1997–1257.2%
2013 and later33.2%

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.

Where Semaj is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Semaj has been most common in Louisiana (3.7×), North Carolina (2.3×), and South Carolina (2.3×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.32×).

6,820 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Semaj

#3,508 Simona · 5,896#3,509 Callum · 5,894#3,511 Deepak · 5,891#3,512 Ewa · 5,890

Spelled almost the same

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

#36,086 Semaja · 221#45,829 Semaje · 147

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