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Seema

Girls' name · Late 20th-century · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#10,107 among girls
Births in 2025
9 1,192 since 1880
Typical age
40 years, median

Seema popularity over time

Seema rank by birth year, 1966–2025Seema ranked #5,809 in 1966 and #10,107 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,912, in 1981.#10,000#10,107best #1,912 in 1981197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1966–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1981 is the peak year for Seema, with 56 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1966. As of 2025 the name sits at #10,107, with 9 births that year.

The ten-year change is -31%. It slipped 1161 places against the previous year.

Babies named Seema per yearPeaks at 56 births in 1981.56 in 19810197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Seema?

About 1,200 people named Seema are alive in the United States today.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Seema?

The typical living Seema is 40 years old. The 1980s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Seema a late 20th-century name.

Your Seema

Ages of living people named SeemaHalf of living Seemas are older than 40 and half younger.median 4002040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where the name Seema comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit सीमा.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Seema

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Seema Biswas Indian actress 1965 36
Seema Punia Indian discus thrower 1983 23
Seema Rao Indian commando trainer 1970 17
Seema Malhotra British politician 1972 15
Seema Pahwa Indian actress 1962 12
Seema Bisla Indian amateur wrestler 1992 12
Seema Mehta Karatha expert in India 1976 12
Seema Rahmani actress 1969 11
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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