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

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Peak · boys
#63
2000 · 6,717 births
Debut · boys
1880
25 births
In top 100 · boys
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
165,793
since 1880

Seth over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #63, 2000boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#581505
2024—#555535
2023—#526562
2022—#471651
2021—#487607
2020—#432688
2019—#379831
2018—#375860
2017—#3201,066
2016—#3031,169
2015—#2701,351
2014#16,5135#2501,506
2013#16,5475#2311,596
2012—#2091,815
2011#16,7645#1842,094
2010—#1642,383
2009—#1392,945
2008#17,5045#1283,283
2007#11,6309#1153,768
2006#8,71513#1034,328
2005#13,0107#914,713
2004#4,70728#805,188
2003#11,3258#805,256
2002#8,83711#725,740
2001#10,1029#686,223
2000#10,7458#636,717
1999#12,6886#656,305
1998#12,4266#864,587
1997#9,8028#974,043
1996#6,39214#1033,886
1995#9,5538#963,911
1994#10,5697#904,135
1993#6,26414#934,060
1992#6,65213#943,913
1991#5,65916#993,812
1990#7,30311#1023,561
1989#6,95511#943,633
1988#4,49619#903,493
1987#5,31214#893,339
1986#3,89021#972,980
1985#4,12619#1042,821
1984#3,87420#992,911
1983#4,47616#982,857
1982#3,89820#1022,908
1981#2,72333#953,137
1980#4,51716#993,050
1979#4,42016#1012,840
1978#4,07917#1062,504
1977#4,23516#1172,288
1976#6,0489#1282,097
1975#4,85412#1361,866
1974#6,2588#1701,410
1973—#1961,136
1972#6,5587#244867
1971—#271781
1970—#269795
1969—#319580
1968—#333525
1967#6,8045#377395
1966—#408342
1965—#430323
1964—#429348
1963—#460291
1962—#446314
1961—#443329
1960—#436340
1959—#465294
1958—#443315
1957—#482261
1956—#486245
1955—#504215
1954—#495215
1953—#537176
1952—#620129
1951—#647119
1950—#592132
1949—#574138
1948—#673100
1947—#72390
1946—#67691
1945—#69277
1944—#79063
1943—#70084
1942—#70582
1941—#73970
1940—#83057
1939—#77661
1938—#75765
1937—#79360
1936—#84452
1935—#83456
1934—#72571
1933—#72970
1932—#78066
1931—#84156
1930—#89255
1929—#80664
1928—#74374
1927—#80568
1926—#69982
1925—#64996
1924—#72683
1923—#66094
1922—#65795
1921—#605109
1920—#602109
1919—#66986
1918—#615100
1917—#66481
1916—#63684
1915—#64780
1914—#61667
1913—#53166
1912—#65941
1911—#66722
1910—#78215
1909—#54523
1908—#56620
1907—#54020
1906—#56817
1905—#57417
1904—#61214
1903—#50518
1902—#74410
1901—#50615
1900—#43027
1899—#61311
1898—#57314
1897—#43819
1896—#67411
1895—#47618
1894—#54314
1893—#47915
1892—#34829
1891—#36422
1890—#48915
1889—#33827
1888—#33030
1887—#39218
1886—#35723
1885—#28434
1884—#38621
1883—#32426
1882—#31131
1881—#26835
1880—#34125
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
120 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2000 at #63 (6,717 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1997–2005
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 292
  • Highest: 1 in 292 boys born in 2000 were named Seth (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,382 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 29.0% of all boys named Seth (48,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s270#268 (1881)#333
1890s168#348 (1892)#500
1900s181#430 (1900)#559
1910s642#531 (1913)#649
1920s874#602 (1920)#695
1930s612#725 (1934)#797
1940s852#574 (1949)#710
1950s2,101#443 (1958)#527
1960s3,787#319 (1969)#408
1970s16,584#101 (1979)#174
1980s31,129#89 (1987)#97
1990s42,213#65 (1999)#93
2000s48,161#63 (2000)#94
2010s14,671#164 (2010)#269
2020s3,548#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 1992

girls
#6,652
13 births · 1 in 141,841 girls
boys
#94
3,913 births · 1 in 510 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #6,652Seth13

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #94Seth3,913
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 141,841 of them was named Seth, which outranked 57.4% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Seth
  1. #6,314Zaire14
  2. #6,314Zelda14
  3. #6,314Zora14
  4. #6,652Seth13
  5. #6,652Aaryn13
  6. #6,652Abygail13
  7. #6,652Adenike13
  8. #7,067Adoria12
  9. #7,067Adrain12
  10. #7,067Adrea12

Tied with 414 names at #6,652; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 510 of them was named Seth, which outranked 99.0% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Seth
  1. #91Mitchell4,122
  2. #92Vincent4,106
  3. #93Luke4,066
  4. #94Seth3,913
  5. #95George3,894
  6. #96Adrian3,859
  7. #97Brett3,823
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992 →