first name
SETH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 144,312 people named Seth, 82.7% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Seth peaked in 2000, when 6,725 babies got the name.
At least 166,288 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Seth by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #153. The largest share of babies named Seth, 41.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Seth is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Seth has been most common in Alaska (2.7×), Vermont (2.1×), and Wyoming (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.48×).
161,742 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Seth
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Seth, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Seth ranks #8,999 of 156,621, with 3,488 people. See Seth as a last name
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