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Seth

Pronounced /sɛθ/

Rank in 2024
#557
Born in 2024
530
Peak year
2000 · #63
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 530 boys were named Seth, about 1 in every 3,236.
  • It peaked in 2000 with 6,717 babies, ranked #63.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 165,273 boys have been named Seth since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Seth per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.8
    Gen X
  5. 1.8
    Millennials
  6. 2.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,532 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 1,183 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,141 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 21,802 babies, 0.80 per 1,000. Millennials: 55,354 babies, 1.82 per 1,000. Gen Z: 69,387 babies, 2.21 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,409 babies, 0.53 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Biblical Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: sĕth, IPA(key): /sɛθ/ Rhymes: -ɛθ ==== Proper noun ==== Seth (biblical) The third son of Adam and Eve. : And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: A male given name from Hebrew. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations =====

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/sɛθ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Seth, CC BY-SA 4.0.