Semara
Smāra is a city in the Moroccan-occupied part of Western Sahara, with a population of 57,035 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is served by Smara Airport and Smara bus station.
Meaning & Origin of Semara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Smāra is a city in the Moroccan-occupied part of Western Sahara, with a population of 57,035 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is served by Smara Airport and Smara bus station.
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Origin & history
The Story of Semara
American parents first put Semara on the record books as a baby girl name in 2003, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2003, when 7 Semaras were born — ranking #12,408 that year. About 71% of every Semara on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Semara last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Semara
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- Brahim Ghali , 3rd President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Fatma El Mehdi , activist, secretary general of the National Union of Sahrawi Women
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Names that sound like Semara
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About the name Semara
Semara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Semara's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #12,408. Use the chart and map above to compare Semara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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