Seumas
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Big in Scotland
Seumas is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Seumas mean?
Scottish
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English James.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Seumas a girl's or a boy's name?
Seumas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Seumas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Seumas, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Seumas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 441st in Scotland.
Seumas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 2 | #5,689 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 2 | #4,575 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 2 | #3,848 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
Names like Seumas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Seumas
More Scottish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Seumas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seumas, updated 20 October 2026.