Boys' name · since 1978
Seith
125 babies named Seith in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,979 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 125
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
125 boys have been named Seith since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seith has been recorded 125 times among boys since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2005.
- #15,979 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 125 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seith ranks #15,979 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,979 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 125
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Seith's 125 recorded births place it above 64.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Seith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Seith splits its recorded history at 1995: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Seith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2005
- Peak year (1999)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Seith by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (44 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Seith's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Seith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 44 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Seith's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (44 total births) through the 2000s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Seith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
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, 1978–2005 (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 Seith 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.