Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Seth

#211 most common boys' name of all time · #453 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#211
Rank overall
#453 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
166,288
Since 2016
7,474
Peak year
2000 #63
Best rank
#63 2000
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 6,725/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Seth is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 505 505 #581
2024 — 535 535 #555
2023 — 562 562 #526
2022 — 651 651 #472
2021 — 607 607 #487
2020 — 688 688 #432
2019 — 831 831 #379
2018 — 860 860 #375
2017 — 1,066 1,066 #320
2016 — 1,169 1,169 #303
2015 — 1,351 1,351 #270
2014 5 1,506 1,511 #250
2013 5 1,596 1,601 #231
2012 — 1,815 1,815 #209
2011 5 2,094 2,099 #184
2010 — 2,383 2,383 #164
2009 — 2,945 2,945 #139
2008 5 3,283 3,288 #128
2007 9 3,768 3,777 #115
2006 13 4,328 4,341 #103
2005 7 4,713 4,720 #91
2004 28 5,188 5,216 #80
2003 8 5,256 5,264 #80
2002 11 5,740 5,751 #72
2001 9 6,223 6,232 #68
2000 8 6,717 6,725 #63
1999 6 6,305 6,311 #65
1998 6 4,587 4,593 #86
1997 8 4,043 4,051 #97
1996 14 3,886 3,900 #103
1995 8 3,911 3,919 #96
1994 7 4,135 4,142 #90
1993 14 4,060 4,074 #93
1992 13 3,913 3,926 #94
1991 16 3,812 3,828 #99
1990 11 3,561 3,572 #102
1989 11 3,633 3,644 #94
1988 19 3,493 3,512 #90
1987 14 3,339 3,353 #89
1986 21 2,980 3,001 #97
1985 19 2,821 2,840 #104
1984 20 2,911 2,931 #99
1983 16 2,857 2,873 #98
1982 20 2,908 2,928 #102
1981 33 3,137 3,170 #95
1980 16 3,050 3,066 #99
1979 16 2,840 2,856 #101
1978 17 2,504 2,521 #106
1977 16 2,288 2,304 #117
1976 9 2,097 2,106 #128
1975 12 1,866 1,878 #136
1974 8 1,410 1,418 #170
1973 — 1,136 1,136 #196
1972 7 867 874 #244
1971 — 781 781 #271
1970 — 795 795 #269
1969 — 580 580 #319
1968 — 525 525 #333
1967 5 395 400 #379
1966 — 342 342 #408
1965 — 323 323 #430
1964 — 348 348 #429
1963 — 291 291 #460
1962 — 314 314 #446
1961 — 329 329 #443
1960 — 340 340 #436
1959 — 294 294 #465
1958 — 315 315 #443
1957 — 261 261 #482
1956 — 245 245 #487
1955 — 215 215 #504
1954 — 215 215 #495
1953 — 176 176 #538
1952 — 129 129 #620
1951 — 119 119 #647
1950 — 132 132 #592
1949 — 138 138 #575
1948 — 100 100 #674
1947 — 90 90 #724
1946 — 91 91 #677
1945 — 77 77 #692
1944 — 63 63 #793
1943 — 84 84 #701
1942 — 82 82 #706
1941 — 70 70 #742
1940 — 57 57 #830
1939 — 61 61 #776
1938 — 65 65 #760
1937 — 60 60 #793
1936 — 52 52 #846
1935 — 56 56 #837
1934 — 71 71 #726
1933 — 70 70 #729
1932 — 66 66 #780
1931 — 56 56 #844
1930 — 55 55 #893
1929 — 64 64 #808
1928 — 74 74 #744
1927 — 68 68 #805
1926 — 82 82 #700
1925 — 96 96 #649
1924 — 83 83 #726
1923 — 94 94 #661
1922 — 95 95 #658
1921 — 109 109 #606
1920 — 109 109 #603
1919 — 86 86 #670
1918 — 100 100 #615
1917 — 81 81 #665
1916 — 84 84 #637
1915 — 80 80 #647
1914 — 67 67 #617
1913 — 66 66 #532
1912 — 41 41 #659
1911 — 22 22 #669
1910 — 15 15 #789
1909 — 23 23 #551
1908 — 20 20 #572
1907 — 20 20 #544
1906 — 17 17 #574
1905 — 17 17 #580
1904 — 14 14 #614
1903 — 18 18 #510
1902 — 10 10 #752
1901 — 15 15 #513
1900 — 27 27 #435
1899 — 11 11 #629
1898 — 14 14 #578
1897 — 19 19 #444
1896 — 11 11 #684
1895 — 18 18 #481
1894 — 14 14 #547
1893 — 15 15 #481
1892 — 29 29 #351
1891 — 22 22 #367
1890 — 15 15 #496
1889 — 27 27 #341
1888 — 30 30 #338
1887 — 18 18 #395
1886 — 23 23 #361
1885 — 34 34 #287
1884 — 21 21 #390
1883 — 26 26 #328
1882 — 31 31 #312
1881 — 35 35 #269
1880 — 25 25 #349