Seth is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2000 and has since faded.
Seth is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #581 for boy births in the United States (and #1,160 across all names), given to 505 babies. Seth first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2000 (6,717 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 505 | 505 | — | #581 |
| 2024 | 535 | 535 | — | #555 |
| 2023 | 562 | 562 | — | #526 |
| 2022 | 651 | 651 | — | #473 |
| 2021 | 607 | 607 | — | #488 |
| 2020 | 688 | 688 | — | #432 |
| 2019 | 831 | 831 | — | #380 |
| 2018 | 860 | 860 | — | #375 |
| 2017 | 1,066 | 1,066 | — | #320 |
| 2016 | 1,169 | 1,169 | — | #303 |
| 2015 | 1,351 | 1,351 | — | #270 |
| 2014 | 1,511 | 1,511 | #18,799 | #250 |
| 2013 | 1,601 | 1,601 | #18,847 | #231 |
| 2012 | 1,815 | 1,815 | — | #209 |
| 2011 | 2,099 | 2,099 | #19,107 | #184 |
| 2010 | 2,383 | 2,383 | — | #164 |
| 2009 | 2,945 | 2,952 | — | #139 |
| 2008 | 3,288 | 3,288 | #19,986 | #128 |
| 2007 | 3,777 | 3,777 | #12,498 | #115 |
| 2006 | 4,341 | 4,341 | #9,192 | #103 |
| 2005 | 4,720 | 4,720 | #14,248 | #91 |
| 2004 | 5,216 | 5,216 | #4,798 | #80 |
| 2003 | 5,264 | 5,264 | #12,212 | #80 |
| 2002 | 5,751 | 5,756 | #9,381 | #72 |
| 2001 | 6,232 | 6,237 | #10,862 | #68 |
| 2000 | 6,725 | 6,730 | #11,602 | #63 |
| 1999 | 6,311 | 6,311 | #14,106 | #65 |
| 1998 | 4,593 | 4,593 | #13,799 | #86 |
| 1997 | 4,051 | — | #10,623 | #97 |
| 1996 | 3,900 | — | #6,679 | #103 |
| 1995 | 3,919 | — | #10,326 | #97 |
| 1994 | 4,142 | — | #11,541 | #90 |
| 1993 | 4,074 | — | #6,554 | #93 |
| 1992 | 3,926 | — | #6,974 | #94 |
| 1991 | 3,828 | — | #5,895 | #99 |
| 1990 | 3,572 | — | #7,762 | #102 |
| 1989 | 3,644 | — | #7,353 | #94 |
| 1988 | 3,512 | — | #4,621 | #90 |
| 1987 | 3,353 | — | #5,558 | #89 |
| 1986 | 3,001 | — | #3,998 | #97 |
| 1985 | 2,840 | — | #4,253 | #104 |
| 1984 | 2,931 | — | #3,958 | #99 |
| 1983 | 2,873 | — | #4,646 | #98 |
| 1982 | 2,928 | — | #4,002 | #102 |
| 1981 | 3,170 | — | #2,766 | #95 |
| 1980 | 3,066 | — | #4,699 | #99 |
| 1979 | 2,856 | — | #4,579 | #101 |
| 1978 | 2,521 | — | #4,217 | #106 |
| 1977 | 2,304 | — | #4,387 | #118 |
| 1976 | 2,106 | — | #6,478 | #128 |
| 1975 | 1,878 | — | #5,099 | #136 |
| 1974 | 1,418 | — | #6,746 | #170 |
| 1973 | 1,136 | — | — | #196 |
| 1972 | 874 | — | #7,122 | #244 |
| 1971 | 781 | — | — | #271 |
| 1970 | 795 | — | — | #269 |
| 1969 | 580 | — | — | #319 |
| 1968 | 525 | — | — | #333 |
| 1967 | 400 | — | #7,641 | #379 |
| 1966 | 342 | — | — | #409 |
| 1965 | 323 | — | — | #431 |
| 1964 | 348 | — | — | #429 |
| 1963 | 291 | — | — | #462 |
| 1962 | 314 | — | — | #447 |
| 1961 | 329 | — | — | #443 |
| 1960 | 340 | — | — | #436 |
| 1959 | 294 | — | — | #467 |
| 1958 | 315 | — | — | #443 |
| 1957 | 261 | — | — | #485 |
| 1956 | 245 | — | — | #488 |
| 1955 | 215 | — | — | #505 |
| 1954 | 215 | — | — | #495 |
| 1953 | 176 | — | — | #538 |
| 1952 | 129 | — | — | #621 |
| 1951 | 119 | — | — | #648 |
| 1950 | 132 | — | — | #594 |
| 1949 | 138 | — | — | #576 |
| 1948 | 100 | — | — | #677 |
| 1947 | 90 | — | — | #726 |
| 1946 | 91 | — | — | #680 |
| 1945 | 77 | — | — | #698 |
| 1944 | 63 | — | — | #795 |
| 1943 | 84 | — | — | #701 |
| 1942 | 82 | — | — | #712 |
| 1941 | 70 | — | — | #745 |
| 1940 | 57 | — | — | #838 |
| 1939 | 61 | — | — | #781 |
| 1938 | 65 | — | — | #763 |
| 1937 | 60 | — | — | #801 |
| 1936 | 52 | — | — | #852 |
| 1935 | 56 | — | — | #842 |
| 1934 | 71 | — | — | #728 |
| 1933 | 70 | — | — | #731 |
| 1932 | 66 | — | — | #785 |
| 1931 | 56 | — | — | #854 |
| 1930 | 55 | — | — | #908 |
| 1929 | 64 | — | — | #813 |
| 1928 | 74 | — | — | #750 |
| 1927 | 68 | — | — | #809 |
| 1926 | 82 | — | — | #707 |
| 1925 | 96 | — | — | #653 |
| 1924 | 83 | — | — | #729 |
| 1923 | 94 | — | — | #663 |
| 1922 | 95 | — | — | #664 |
| 1921 | 109 | — | — | #607 |
| 1920 | 109 | — | — | #603 |
| 1919 | 86 | — | — | #672 |
| 1918 | 100 | — | — | #616 |
| 1917 | 81 | — | — | #667 |
| 1916 | 84 | — | — | #639 |
| 1915 | 80 | — | — | #651 |
| 1914 | 67 | — | — | #621 |
| 1913 | 66 | — | — | #536 |
| 1912 | 41 | — | — | #667 |
| 1911 | 22 | — | — | #686 |
| 1910 | 15 | — | — | #815 |
| 1909 | 23 | — | — | #556 |
| 1908 | 20 | — | — | #579 |
| 1907 | 20 | — | — | #553 |
| 1906 | 17 | — | — | #582 |
| 1905 | 17 | — | — | #589 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | — | #640 |
| 1903 | 18 | — | — | #520 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | — | #787 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | — | #529 |
| 1900 | 27 | — | — | #442 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | — | #654 |
| 1898 | 14 | — | — | #603 |
| 1897 | 19 | — | — | #457 |
| 1896 | 11 | — | — | #717 |
| 1895 | 18 | — | — | #488 |
| 1894 | 14 | — | — | #560 |
| 1893 | 15 | — | — | #502 |
| 1892 | 29 | — | — | #354 |
| 1891 | 22 | — | — | #373 |
| 1890 | 15 | — | — | #507 |
| 1889 | 27 | — | — | #347 |
| 1888 | 30 | — | — | #342 |
| 1887 | 18 | — | — | #403 |
| 1886 | 23 | — | — | #367 |
| 1885 | 34 | — | — | #289 |
| 1884 | 21 | — | — | #395 |
| 1883 | 26 | — | — | #330 |
| 1882 | 31 | — | — | #312 |
| 1881 | 35 | — | — | #269 |
| 1880 | 25 | — | — | #349 |