Sema

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sema: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sema: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,096, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2096highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2005	#3970
2006	#3116
2008	#3005
2009	#5556
2010	#3533
2011	#2636
2012	#2717
2013	#5742
2015	#3615
2017	#4063
2019	#5591
2022	#5669
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2096 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sema in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	4 of 10	5
2000s	39	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	41	7 of 10	6
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sema appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2096 in England and Wales in 1996.

Sema's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,096, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Esta · #2096, 27y
Hanya · #2096, 20y
Ismay · #2096, 25y
Ridha · #2096, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Esta · #2096, 27y
Hanya · #2096, 20y
Ismay · #2096, 25y
Remmie · #2096, 12y

Sema and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sema without appearing here.

Sema moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Finn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #5730.
Ollie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #5061.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2466 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Sema

Luca Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2717 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2649.
Linnea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4063 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Cameron Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #983.
Marilyn Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3005 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3031.

Moved the opposite way to Sema

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sema went from #2096 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sema went from #2096 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sema went from #2096 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sema went from #2096 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sema

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sema went from #2096 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sema went from #2096 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sema went from #2096 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sema went from #2096 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2096 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sema

Sema at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sema appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sema and the names beside it

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Sema at a glance

Sema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sema appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sema and the names beside it

Sema moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sema

Moved the opposite way to Sema

Moved the same way as Sema