NameTides

Seth

Seth was the #581 boys' name in the US in 2025 (505 babies), and #294 in England & Wales and #373 in Canada.

Seth as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Seth as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUSScotlandIreland
Seth as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#581 (505)#294 (156)#560 (5)#107 (22)#577 (5)#373 (87)——
2024#555 (535)#308 (145)#535 (5)#108 (21)#655 (4)#352 (93)——
2023#526 (562)#229 (213)#278 (13)#88 (28)#362 (10)#346 (87)——
2022#471 (651)#197 (260)#292 (13)#125 (20)#349 (12)#303 (105)——
2021#487 (607)#177 (302)#273 (15)#87 (34)#364 (10)#336 (100)——
2020#432 (688)#174 (304)#193 (23)#132 (19)#402 (9)#282 (118)——
2019#379 (831)#153 (365)#334 (10)#81 (41)#312 (14)#277 (122)——
2018#375 (860)#133 (428)#193 (25)#93 (30)#572 (5)#248 (142)——
2017#320 (1,066)#121 (489)#204 (25)#98 (29)#374 (10)#261 (139)——
2016#303 (1,169)#107 (611)#165 (35)#90 (35)#345 (12)#264 (135)——
2015#270 (1,351)#93 (703)#213 (23)#81 (43)#421 (8)#192 (197)——
2014#250 (1,506)#90 (694)#196 (28)#105 (30)#382 (10)#193 (202)——
2013#231 (1,596)#97 (648)#197 (26)#83 (37)#352 (11)#178 (203)——
2012#209 (1,815)#91 (683)#174 (33)#115 (26)#500 (6)#146 (273)—#89 (80)
2011#184 (2,094)#101 (637)#189 (27)#99 (30)#407 (9)#135 (277)—#91 (76)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #63.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 380common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Seth is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Seth by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #351ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #411OHPennsylvania: #427PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #667CAUtah: #327UTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #382VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #499TNNorth Carolina: #621NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #572TXFlorida: #649FL
Seth (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#29546
Quebec2025#7165

Seth (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SethCanadaBoys#37387
SethEngland & WalesBoys#294156
SethIrelandBoys#5775
SethNorthern IrelandBoys#10722
SethNSWBoys—too few
SethScotlandBoys#5605
SethUSGirls—too few
SethUSBoys#581505
SethVICBoys—too few