Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Seth

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Seth
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.1% from peak

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

6,717

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

92.1%

2024

530

All-time

165,273

Seth once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 6,717 boys were named Seth.

In 2024, only 530 boys were given the name.

Down 92.1% from its peak.

All told, about 165,273 Americans have been named Seth and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.1% from peak

20006,717 boys named Seth

2024530 boys named Seth

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