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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 703 babies (rank #93 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

7,335
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
703
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
199645#443
199747#436
199864#364
199967#351
200093#296
2001119#242
2002118#250
2003153#220
2004190#199
2005242#181
2006299#162
2007414#131
2008450#124
2009507#116
2010551#114
2011637#102
2012683#91
2013648#97
2014694#90
2015703#93
2016611#107