Sem
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
2006
12 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
215
since 1982
Born a Sem? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Sem was most popular in 2006, when 12 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Sem in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 23%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 7 | 9894 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 6 | 10863 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 8 | 8825 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 9 | 8140 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 6 | 10744 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 11 | 7050 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 7 | 9600 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 9 | 8139 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 9 | 8324 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 8 | 8915 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 12 | 6460 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 8 | 8299 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 10 | 6976 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 11 | 6258 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 8 | 7643 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 5 | 10349 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 6 | 8479 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 6 | 5619 |
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