Seth — #557 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Seth

The Social Security Administration has registered 165,273 babies named Seth between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Seth currently holds the #557 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 6,717 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Seth performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 48,161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Seth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,780 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Seth in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Seth in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 165,273 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.