Seamus

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Séamus is an Irish male given name, of Hebrew origin via Latin. It is the Irish equivalent of the name James. The name James is the English New Testament variant for the Hebrew name Jacob.

From Wikipedia

Seamus first appears in the data in 1957 and has been recorded in 68 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 298 babies (rank #753 that year). In 2024 it was given to 125 boys (rank #1,450). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Seamus

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Seamus yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7,656
Total babies (all years)
68
Years in the data
298
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19579#2,994
19586#3,870
195910#2,791
19609#3,044
19616#4,003
19628#3,269
19636#3,985
196412#2,527
196518#1,907
196614#2,204
196719#1,843
196816#2,094
196914#2,400
197017#2,277
197124#1,856
197226#1,760
197329#1,645
197434#1,515
197536#1,498
197632#1,671
197747#1,333
197847#1,349
197941#1,486
198050#1,338
198159#1,198
198249#1,359
198331#1,811
198447#1,393
198554#1,316
198644#1,530
198750#1,462
198855#1,422
198958#1,450
199075#1,285
199178#1,272
199283#1,244
199388#1,204
1994111#1,062
1995130#977
1996157#878
1997164#863
1998164#891
1999191#804
2000194#828
2001188#857
2002215#802
2003248#735
2004233#782
2005254#776
2006244#833
2007296#752
2008298#753
2009276#808
2010240#875
2011258#837
2012259#838
2013247#864
2014239#903
2015221#946
2016218#953
2017211#979
2018178#1,105
2019197#1,046
2020161#1,195
2021158#1,223
2022143#1,319
2023137#1,366
2024125#1,450