How Many People Are Named Sem?
people named Sem are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,619,833 people in the US has this name
Based on 215 babies named Sem in Social Security records from 1982 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
12 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Form of SHEM used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sem in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sem alive today is about 20 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sem first appears in the records in 1982 and was given most often in 2006, to 12 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1982 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Sem has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #6,087, in 1983.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #6,087 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,320 in the 2000s |
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