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Semaya

100% girls · 5 born in 2025

Semaya has been given to about 121 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2007, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 120
Median age today18 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Semaya per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2007 · 21
  • Born in 20255
  • All time121

How popular is Semaya?

Its best year was 2007, when 21 babies were given the name, ranking 6512th. The typical living American called Semaya is about 18 years old today.

Names that sound like Semaya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Maya0.70
  2. Amaya0.70
  3. Soraya0.70
  4. Samara0.64
  5. Samiya0.65
  6. Samaria0.62
  7. Maiya0.62
  8. Semaj0.60

Middle names for Semaya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Semaya Josephine0.84
  2. Semaya Rose0.83
  3. Semaya Louise0.83
  4. Semaya June0.82
  5. Semaya Pearl0.82
  6. Semaya Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Semaya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Estrellasister · 0.69
  2. Janiyahsister · 0.69
  3. Brayanbrother · 0.69
  4. Mileysister · 0.68
  5. Campbelleither · 0.66
  6. Jamaribrother · 0.65

Where Semaya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Semaya White0.78
    2. Semaya Reyes0.78
    3. Semaya Nguyen0.78
    4. Semaya Moore0.78
    5. Semaya Lee0.78
    6. Semaya Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Semaya

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.