# Seema (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/seema/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,192 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,192 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 154, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सीमा (sīmā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 16,634 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9,632 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,725 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,510 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,884 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,869 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,643 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,877 |
| 2018 | 12 | 9,065 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,267 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,835 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,967 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11,040 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,461 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,779 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 | 1,617 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,487 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |

## People named Seema

- Seema Malhotra, British politician (born 1972)
- Seema Rahmani, actress
- Seema Desai, cricketer (1981-2013)
- Seema Verma, American healthcare executive, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Heal
- Seema Kennedy, British politician (born 1974)
- Seema Pujare, cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.