Semisi
Boy · seh-MEE-see · Hebrew
Semisi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Semisi mean?
Hebrew: Tongan form of James, ultimately from Jacob
“supplanter”
- Say it
- seh-MEE-see
Is Semisi a girl's or a boy's name?
Semisi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Semisi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Semisi, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had more boys named Semisi than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Semisi in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Semisi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Names like Semisi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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