Semaj

Where Semaj comes from

James reversed.
— Wiktionary's entry for Semaj
Along the way
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #4,907 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2011
    Peak, #627
    374 babies named Semaj — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,079.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

No widely known Semaj turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.