# Semaj (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/semaj/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,459 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,421 / 2,038 (22% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

James reversed.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 95 | 2,056 |
| 2012 | 92 | 2,092 |
| 2013 | 59 | 2,897 |
| 2014 | 57 | 3,000 |
| 2015 | 58 | 2,995 |
| 2016 | 55 | 3,050 |
| 2017 | 60 | 2,832 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3,730 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,778 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,983 |
| 2021 | 37 | 4,004 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,820 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,726 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,363 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,515 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 374 | 627 |
| 2012 | 295 | 771 |
| 2013 | 251 | 854 |
| 2014 | 221 | 956 |
| 2015 | 201 | 1,015 |
| 2016 | 191 | 1,041 |
| 2017 | 195 | 1,035 |
| 2018 | 183 | 1,085 |
| 2019 | 185 | 1,084 |
| 2020 | 169 | 1,152 |
| 2021 | 171 | 1,163 |
| 2022 | 159 | 1,241 |
| 2023 | 257 | 908 |
| 2024 | 205 | 1,066 |
| 2025 | 217 | 1,027 |

## 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.