Seton — boys' name
45 babies named Seton in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
89% of everyone ever named Seton was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Seton in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seton
The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Seton between 1994 and 2015, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Seton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Seton is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1995.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Seton shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seton 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 45 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.
Seton at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seton popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1994
- Peak year (2013)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
45 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 10 births in a single year.
Seton popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1995 (Seton as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Seton accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Seton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 40 births that decade — 89% of Seton's all-time total
Seton decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Seton's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 89% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.