Seth

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Seth is a masculine given name, tracing its origin to the biblical figure Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve. The English form is derived from the Greek ฮฃฮฎฮธ, ultimately from the Hebrew ืฉึตืืช. Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Seth first appears in the data in 2000 and has been recorded in 18 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 848 babies (rank #61 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Seth

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Seth yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,412
Total babies (all years)
18
Years in the data
848
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
200053#110
200177#101
200286#101
2003172#77
2004105#98
2005252#59
2006148#63
2007147#64
2008232#75
2009221#80
2010115#100
201176#106
201280#107
201423#117
2015618#80
2016848#61
201792#114
201867#119