Is Seth a boy or girl name?
Seth is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 530 boys were named Seth, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.3% of the 165,768 US babies named Seth were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #558
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Seth since 1880
- 165,768
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 6,725 babies
Boys and girls named Seth, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 270 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 168 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 181 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 642 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 874 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 612 | 0 | 0% |
| 1940s | 852 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 2,101 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 3,787 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 1970s | 16,586 | 85 | 0.5% |
| 1980s | 31,129 | 189 | 0.6% |
| 1990s | 42,209 | 103 | 0.2% |
| 2000s | 48,161 | 98 | 0.2% |
| 2010s | 14,668 | 15 | 0.1% |
| 2020s | 3,033 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 530 | #558 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 562 | #526 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 649 | #474 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 605 | #489 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 687 | #433 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 830 | #380 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 860 | #375 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1,066 | #320 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1,168 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1,350 | #271 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1,506 | #250 | 5 | #18,798 |
| 2013 | 1,596 | #231 | 5 | #18,845 |
| 2012 | 1,815 | #209 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 2,094 | #184 | 5 | #19,106 |
| 2010 | 2,383 | #164 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 2,945 | #139 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3,283 | #128 | 5 | #19,983 |
| 2007 | 3,768 | #115 | 9 | #12,497 |
| 2006 | 4,328 | #103 | 13 | #9,192 |
| 2005 | 4,713 | #91 | 7 | #14,247 |
| 2004 | 5,188 | #80 | 28 | #4,798 |
| 2003 | 5,256 | #80 | 8 | #12,212 |
| 2002 | 5,740 | #72 | 11 | #9,381 |
| 2001 | 6,223 | #68 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2000 | 6,717 | #63 | 8 | #11,602 |
| 1999 | 6,304 | #65 | 6 | #14,106 |
| 1998 | 4,587 | #86 | 6 | #13,797 |
| 1997 | 4,043 | #97 | 8 | #10,623 |
| 1996 | 3,886 | #103 | 14 | #6,677 |
| 1995 | 3,911 | #97 | 8 | #10,326 |
| 1994 | 4,135 | #90 | 7 | #11,541 |
| 1993 | 4,060 | #93 | 14 | #6,553 |
| 1992 | 3,912 | #94 | 13 | #6,971 |
| 1991 | 3,812 | #99 | 16 | #5,895 |
| 1990 | 3,559 | #102 | 11 | #7,762 |
| 1989 | 3,635 | #94 | 11 | #7,353 |
| 1988 | 3,492 | #90 | 19 | #4,620 |
| 1987 | 3,338 | #89 | 14 | #5,557 |
| 1986 | 2,981 | #97 | 21 | #3,997 |
| 1985 | 2,821 | #105 | 19 | #4,253 |
| 1984 | 2,911 | #99 | 20 | #3,958 |
| 1983 | 2,857 | #98 | 16 | #4,646 |
| 1982 | 2,907 | #102 | 20 | #4,002 |
| 1981 | 3,137 | #95 | 33 | #2,766 |
| 1980 | 3,050 | #99 | 16 | #4,699 |
| 1979 | 2,840 | #101 | 16 | #4,579 |
| 1978 | 2,504 | #106 | 17 | #4,218 |
| 1977 | 2,288 | #118 | 16 | #4,387 |
| 1976 | 2,098 | #128 | 9 | #6,478 |
| 1975 | 1,866 | #136 | 12 | #5,100 |
| 1974 | 1,410 | #170 | 8 | #6,746 |
| 1973 | 1,137 | #196 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 867 | #244 | 7 | #7,121 |
| 1971 | 781 | #271 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 795 | #269 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 580 | #319 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 525 | #333 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 395 | #379 | 5 | #7,640 |
| 1966 | 343 | #408 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 323 | #431 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 348 | #429 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 291 | #463 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 314 | #447 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 328 | #446 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 340 | #436 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 293 | #467 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 316 | #443 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 261 | #485 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 245 | #488 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 215 | #505 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 215 | #495 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 176 | #538 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 129 | #621 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 119 | #648 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 132 | #594 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 138 | #576 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 100 | #677 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 90 | #726 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 91 | #680 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 77 | #698 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 63 | #795 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 84 | #701 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 82 | #711 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 70 | #745 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 57 | #838 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 61 | #781 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 65 | #763 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 60 | #801 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 52 | #852 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 56 | #842 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 71 | #728 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 70 | #731 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 66 | #785 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 56 | #854 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 55 | #908 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 64 | #813 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 74 | #750 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 68 | #809 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 82 | #707 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 96 | #653 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 83 | #729 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 94 | #663 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 95 | #664 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 109 | #607 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 109 | #603 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 86 | #672 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 100 | #616 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 81 | #667 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 84 | #639 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 80 | #651 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 67 | #621 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 66 | #536 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 41 | #667 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 22 | #686 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 15 | #815 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 23 | #556 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 20 | #579 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 20 | #553 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 17 | #582 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 17 | #589 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 14 | #640 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 18 | #520 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 10 | #787 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 15 | #529 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 27 | #442 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 11 | #654 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 14 | #603 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 19 | #457 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 11 | #717 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 18 | #488 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 14 | #560 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 15 | #502 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 29 | #354 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 22 | #373 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 15 | #507 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 27 | #347 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 30 | #342 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 18 | #403 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 23 | #367 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 34 | #289 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 21 | #395 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 26 | #330 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 31 | #312 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 35 | #269 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 25 | #349 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Seth reached #63 in 2000. As a girl name, it reached #2,766 in 1981. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.