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 Σήθ, ultimately from the Hebrew שֵׁת. Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Seth first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 6,717 babies (rank #63 that year). In 2024 it was given to 530 boys (rank #558). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

165,768
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
6,717
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
188025#349
188135#269
188231#312
188326#330
188421#395
188534#289
188623#367
188718#403
188830#342
188927#347
189015#507
189122#373
189229#354
189315#502
189414#560
189518#488
189611#717
189719#457
189814#603
189911#654
190027#442
190115#529
190210#787
190318#520
190414#640
190517#589
190617#582
190720#553
190820#579
190923#556
191015#815
191122#686
191241#667
191366#536
191467#621
191580#651
191684#639
191781#667
1918100#616
191986#672
1920109#603
1921109#607
192295#664
192394#663
192483#729
192596#653
192682#707
192768#809
192874#750
192964#813
193055#908
193156#854
193266#785
193370#731
193471#728
193556#842
193652#852
193760#801
193865#763
193961#781
194057#838
194170#745
194282#711
194384#701
194463#795
194577#698
194691#680
194790#726
1948100#677
1949138#576
1950132#594
1951119#648
1952129#621
1953176#538
1954215#495
1955215#505
1956245#488
1957261#485
1958316#443
1959293#467
1960340#436
1961328#446
1962314#447
1963291#463
1964348#429
1965323#431
1966343#408
1967395#379
1968525#333
1969580#319
1970795#269
1971781#271
1972867#244
19731,137#196
19741,410#170
19751,866#136
19762,098#128
19772,288#118
19782,504#106
19792,840#101
19803,050#99
19813,137#95
19822,907#102
19832,857#98
19842,911#99
19852,821#105
19862,981#97
19873,338#89
19883,492#90
19893,635#94
19903,559#102
19913,812#99
19923,912#94
19934,060#93
19944,135#90
19953,911#97
19963,886#103
19974,043#97
19984,587#86
19996,304#65
20006,717#63
20016,223#68
20025,740#72
20035,256#80
20045,188#80
20054,713#91
20064,328#103
20073,768#115
20083,283#128
20092,945#139
20102,383#164
20112,094#184
20121,815#209
20131,596#231
20141,506#250
20151,350#271
20161,168#303
20171,066#320
2018860#375
2019830#380
2020687#433
2021605#489
2022649#474
2023562#526
2024530#558