Boy
Seth
The name Seth carries the meaning "Appointed", with roots in Hebrew. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. 2000 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
HebrewAppointed
HebrewPlaced
Births by decade
1900s
181
1910s
642
1920s
874
1930s
612
1940s
852
1950s
2,100
1960s
3,799
1970s
16,676
1980s
31,319
1990s
42,303
2000s
48,242
2010s
12,938
Peaked in the 2000s · 160,538 total U.S. births since 1900