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How popular is the name Sema?
Births per year, rank history and how many Semas are alive today.
Sema (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Sima in England and Wales, ranked 5892nd in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2636th most popular that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2024 figure is roughly 33% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sima you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old - or else around 15: the name has two living generations. Half of all Simas born in England and Wales are between 13 and 31, and there are at least 420 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sima - on average, only one in every 750 such rooms contains a Sima.
How many babies are named Sema each year?
Includes all spellings: Sema, Sima. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sema spelling rank?
Where does the Sima spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sema most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Sima, peaked in 1996, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Sema spelling itself peaked in 2011, with 9 babies.
How many people are called Sema?
At least 420 people named Sema in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sema?
Most living Semas are between 13 and 31; the most common age is about 31. There is a second cluster around 15.
Is Sema becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.