Boys' name · since 1982
Seath
30 babies named Seath in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,932 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Seath sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 30 recorded since 1982.
Seath has 30 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2005.
- #25,932 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 30 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seath ranks #25,932 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,932 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Seath's 30 recorded births place it above 42.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Seath's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Seath's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Seath popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2005
- Peak year (2002)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Seath by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (14 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Seath's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Seath births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 14 births (47% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Seath: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Seath draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.