boy's name
Seamie
- Gender Boy
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
- Births on record 137
Ireland
#212
as Séamie, 2025
Seamie is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 8 babies in Ireland, ranking #433. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2025, when 30 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in Ireland.
- Today about 1 in 5,607 babies in Ireland is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2012.
Seamie over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 22 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 115 |
How popular is Seamie?
In 2025, Seamie was given to 8 babies in Ireland, ranking #433 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.
How Seamie is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Séamie | Séamie is a rare spelling of Seamie, written with a fada and recorded 68 times, mostly in Ireland. | 68 |
Names that peaked alongside Seamie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Seamie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Seamie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Seamie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Séamie
Sibling names for Seamie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Seamie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Seamie
Is Seamie a girl's or a boy's name?
Seamie is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Seamie most popular?
Seamie peaked in 2025, when 30 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Seamie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Seamie currently ranks #212 in Ireland. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.