girls:
2k births since 1974
#3822 (33rd percentile)
boys:
7k births since 1971
#1405 (69th percentile)
overall:
9k births since 1971
#2846 (63rd percentile)
The name Semaj is the #2,846 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,997 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 63.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,405 (69.4% percentile) for all time with 6,997 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #3,822 (33.1% percentile) for all time with 2,000 births since 1974.
Semaj first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1974 for girls). Birth data for Semaj is available in 52 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 42 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Semaj has been given predominantly to boys, with 77.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 89.8% of babies named Semaj were boys.
For boys, Semaj reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 39.0% percentile (ranked #538) with 184 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 184 births per million (ranked 39.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Semaj ranks #662 for boys (27.4% percentile) with 140 births per million, which is 75.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Semaj reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 13.4% percentile (ranked #831) with 66 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 66 births per million (ranked 13.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Semaj ranks #923 for girls (2.5% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 25.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Semaj".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Semaj. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.0% confident that Semaj is pronounced as SEH-muhj, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-MAHJ, at 32.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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