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Seamus

Boy's name · #1280 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Seamus reached #735 in 2003 and has eased to #1280 since. About 7,800 boys have carried it since 1957.

Across the states

In recent years, Seamus ran about twice its national rate across the Northeast.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Seamus ranks in other countries and regions.

#148 in Ireland (2025) · #195 in N. Ireland (2025) · #433 in Scotland (2025) · #1,602 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,447 in Canada (2024).

Famous Seamuses

• Seamus Heaney — Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)
• Séamus Coleman — Irish association football player
• Seamus Dever — American actor
• Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick — American actor
• Seamus McGarvey — Irish cinematographer

In stories & tradition

• Seamus Finnigan — Harry Potter (film series)
• Chief Seamus O'Hara — Lustiges Taschenbuch (comics)
• Seamus Mellencamp — Uncanny X-Men

What Seamuses become

Among 227 notable people named Seamus:

Sports figures appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Séamus Coleman, Irish association football player.

Spellings & nicknames

About 95 boys a year are given Shay as their full name.

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