Seth
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #581 for boys in 2025, 505 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 6,717 births
- Debut · boys
- 25 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 22 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 165,793since 1880
Seth over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #581 | 505 | |
| 2024 | — | #555 | 535 | |
| 2023 | — | #526 | 562 | |
| 2022 | — | #471 | 651 | |
| 2021 | — | #487 | 607 | |
| 2020 | — | #432 | 688 | |
| 2019 | — | #379 | 831 | |
| 2018 | — | #375 | 860 | |
| 2017 | — | #320 | 1,066 | |
| 2016 | — | #303 | 1,169 | |
| 2015 | — | #270 | 1,351 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #250 | 1,506 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #231 | 1,596 |
| 2012 | — | #209 | 1,815 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #184 | 2,094 |
| 2010 | — | #164 | 2,383 | |
| 2009 | — | #139 | 2,945 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #128 | 3,283 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #115 | 3,768 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #103 | 4,328 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #91 | 4,713 |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | #80 | 5,188 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #80 | 5,256 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #72 | 5,740 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #68 | 6,223 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #63 | 6,717 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #65 | 6,305 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #86 | 4,587 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #97 | 4,043 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #103 | 3,886 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #96 | 3,911 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #90 | 4,135 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #93 | 4,060 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #94 | 3,913 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #99 | 3,812 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #102 | 3,561 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #94 | 3,633 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | #90 | 3,493 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #89 | 3,339 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | #97 | 2,980 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #104 | 2,821 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #99 | 2,911 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | #98 | 2,857 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | #102 | 2,908 |
| 1981 | #2,723 | 33 | #95 | 3,137 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #99 | 3,050 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #101 | 2,840 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #106 | 2,504 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #117 | 2,288 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #128 | 2,097 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #136 | 1,866 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #170 | 1,410 |
| 1973 | — | #196 | 1,136 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #244 | 867 |
| 1971 | — | #271 | 781 | |
| 1970 | — | #269 | 795 | |
| 1969 | — | #319 | 580 | |
| 1968 | — | #333 | 525 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #377 | 395 |
| 1966 | — | #408 | 342 | |
| 1965 | — | #430 | 323 | |
| 1964 | — | #429 | 348 | |
| 1963 | — | #460 | 291 | |
| 1962 | — | #446 | 314 | |
| 1961 | — | #443 | 329 | |
| 1960 | — | #436 | 340 | |
| 1959 | — | #465 | 294 | |
| 1958 | — | #443 | 315 | |
| 1957 | — | #482 | 261 | |
| 1956 | — | #486 | 245 | |
| 1955 | — | #504 | 215 | |
| 1954 | — | #495 | 215 | |
| 1953 | — | #537 | 176 | |
| 1952 | — | #620 | 129 | |
| 1951 | — | #647 | 119 | |
| 1950 | — | #592 | 132 | |
| 1949 | — | #574 | 138 | |
| 1948 | — | #673 | 100 | |
| 1947 | — | #723 | 90 | |
| 1946 | — | #676 | 91 | |
| 1945 | — | #692 | 77 | |
| 1944 | — | #790 | 63 | |
| 1943 | — | #700 | 84 | |
| 1942 | — | #705 | 82 | |
| 1941 | — | #739 | 70 | |
| 1940 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1939 | — | #776 | 61 | |
| 1938 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1937 | — | #793 | 60 | |
| 1936 | — | #844 | 52 | |
| 1935 | — | #834 | 56 | |
| 1934 | — | #725 | 71 | |
| 1933 | — | #729 | 70 | |
| 1932 | — | #780 | 66 | |
| 1931 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1930 | — | #892 | 55 | |
| 1929 | — | #806 | 64 | |
| 1928 | — | #743 | 74 | |
| 1927 | — | #805 | 68 | |
| 1926 | — | #699 | 82 | |
| 1925 | — | #649 | 96 | |
| 1924 | — | #726 | 83 | |
| 1923 | — | #660 | 94 | |
| 1922 | — | #657 | 95 | |
| 1921 | — | #605 | 109 | |
| 1920 | — | #602 | 109 | |
| 1919 | — | #669 | 86 | |
| 1918 | — | #615 | 100 | |
| 1917 | — | #664 | 81 | |
| 1916 | — | #636 | 84 | |
| 1915 | — | #647 | 80 | |
| 1914 | — | #616 | 67 | |
| 1913 | — | #531 | 66 | |
| 1912 | — | #659 | 41 | |
| 1911 | — | #667 | 22 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #545 | 23 | |
| 1908 | — | #566 | 20 | |
| 1907 | — | #540 | 20 | |
| 1906 | — | #568 | 17 | |
| 1905 | — | #574 | 17 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #430 | 27 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #476 | 18 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #348 | 29 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #338 | 27 | |
| 1888 | — | #330 | 30 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #357 | 23 | |
| 1885 | — | #284 | 34 | |
| 1884 | — | #386 | 21 | |
| 1883 | — | #324 | 26 | |
| 1882 | — | #311 | 31 | |
| 1881 | — | #268 | 35 | |
| 1880 | — | #341 | 25 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Seth was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 16 boys a year got the name.
See more about Seth
- 26 spots since 2024 (#555 → #581)
- 149 spots since 2020 (#432 → #581)
- 311 spots since 2015 (#270 → #581)
- Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1903 (#744 → #505)
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1902 (#506 → #744)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2000 at #63 (6,717 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1997–2005
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 292 boys born in 2000 were named Seth (0.34%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,382 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 29.0% of all boys named Seth (48,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 270 | #268 (1881) | #333 |
| 1890s | 168 | #348 (1892) | #500 |
| 1900s | 181 | #430 (1900) | #559 |
| 1910s | 642 | #531 (1913) | #649 |
| 1920s | 874 | #602 (1920) | #695 |
| 1930s | 612 | #725 (1934) | #797 |
| 1940s | 852 | #574 (1949) | #710 |
| 1950s | 2,101 | #443 (1958) | #527 |
| 1960s | 3,787 | #319 (1969) | #408 |
| 1970s | 16,584 | #101 (1979) | #174 |
| 1980s | 31,129 | #89 (1987) | #97 |
| 1990s | 42,213 | #65 (1999) | #93 |
| 2000s | 48,161 | #63 (2000) | #94 |
| 2010s | 14,671 | #164 (2010) | #269 |
| 2020s | 3,548 | #432 (2020) | #509 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Seth in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 217,321 of them was named Seth, which outranked 32.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,959Zoie8
- #5,959Zona8
- #5,959Zuleika8
- #6,558Seth7
- #6,558Acacia7
- #6,558Acquanetta7
- #6,558Adel7
- #7,292Adonia6
- #7,292Afua6
- #7,292Aggie6
Tied with 733 names at #6,558; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,870 of them was named Seth, which outranked 95.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.