Semaje
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- seh-MAHJ
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Semaje is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Semaje mean?
Modern: James spelled backwards (Semaj), with a final e
A form of Semaj, which is James spelled backwards.
Is Semaje a girl's or a boy's name?
Semaje is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Semaje in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Semaje, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more boys named Semaje than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Semaje in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 boys in the US were given Semaje or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #918, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
- Semaj 217
- Semaje 12
Semaje in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Semaje
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jamir Hamza Zahir Zaire Zamir Musa Samir Nazir Saif Said Nasir Zymir
Other spellings of Semaje
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Semaje: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/semaje, updated 20 October 2026.