Sema
Girl · SEH-mah · Arabic
Sema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sky, heavens”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Sema mean?
Arabic: Turkish, from Arabic sama 'sky'
“sky, heavens”
Sema is also the whirling ceremony of the Mevlevi Sufis, from a different Arabic word meaning listening.
- Say it
- SEH-mah
Is Sema a girl's or a boy's name?
Sema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sema in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Sema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Sema, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2014, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930.
2025 had more girls named Sema than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Sema in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
Names like Sema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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