Boys' name · since 1996
Sethe
32 babies named Sethe in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,481 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sethe is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 32 have been recorded since 1996.
Sethe has 32 recorded births among boys since 1996, 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 1996 to 2007.
- #25,481 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 32 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sethe ranks #25,481 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,481 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sethe's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sethe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sethe's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sethe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2007
- Peak year (2000)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Sethe by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (20 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Sethe's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Sethe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 20 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sethe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~11 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, 1996–2007 (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 Sethe 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.