Zeth — #11212 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zeth

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,197 babies named Zeth between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zeth currently holds the #11212 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zeth performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 438 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 122 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Zeth in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zeth 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 1,197 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.