boys:
7.5k births since 1957
#1363 (70th percentile)
overall:
7.5k births since 1957
#3107 (60th percentile)
The name Seamus is the #3,107 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,530 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 59.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,363 (70.3% percentile) for all time with 7,530 births since 1957.
Seamus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (first recorded for boys in 1957).
For boys, Seamus reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 31.4% percentile (ranked #606) with 134 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 137 births per million (ranked 31.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Seamus ranks #780 for boys (14.4% percentile) with 74 births per million, which is 54.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Seamus".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Seamus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.2% confident that Seamus is pronounced as SHAY-muhs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEE-muhs, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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