Seth

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Seth: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Seth: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #51 in 2005, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
93times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#51highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#441
1997	#427
1998	#362
1999	#350
2000	#294
2001	#241
2002	#247
2003	#219
2004	#198
2005	#181
2006	#162
2007	#131
2008	#124
2009	#116
2010	#114
2011	#101
2012	#91
2013	#97
2014	#90
2015	#93
2016	#107
2017	#121
2018	#133
2019	#153
2020	#174
2021	#177
2022	#197
2023	#229
2024	#308

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #108 among boys in Northern Ireland, #308 among boys in England and Wales, #535 among boys in Scotland, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #441 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2011
Highest recorded position: #51 among boys in New Zealand, in 2005 (recorded 2000–2011).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Seth appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 9,841 births with the name.

Seth across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Seth's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#441 (1996)	#90 (2014)	#308 (2024)	29 of 29	9,841 (1996–2024)	703 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (2000)	#81 (2015)	#108 (2024)	22 of 25	518 (2000–2024)	43 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#409 (2001)	#292 (2002)	#577 (2025)	24 of 25	178 (2001–2025)	14 (2019)
New Zealand · Boys	#100 (2000)	#51 (2005)	#84 (2011)	11 of 12	780 (2000–2011)	91 (2005)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#96 (2003)	#63 (2006)	#86 (2009)	6 of 7	759 (2003–2009)	148 (2006)

Seth by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Seth in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	223	4 of 10	56
2000s	2,585	10 of 10	259
2010sbusiest	5,809	10 of 10	581
2020s	1,224	5 of 10	245

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 581 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Seth appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #51 in New Zealand in 2005.

Seth's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#308	145	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#229	213	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#197	260	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#177	302	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#174	304	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#153	365	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#133	428	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#121	489	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#107	611	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#93	703	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#90	694	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#97	648	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#91	683	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#101	637	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#114	551	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#116	507	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#124	450	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#131	414	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#162	299	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#181	242	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#198	190	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#219	153	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#247	118	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#241	119	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#294	93	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#350	67	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#362	64	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#427	47	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#441	45	High	Verified
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	147	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	148	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New Zealand	male	#84	56	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#69	74	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#59	81	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#73	72	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#67	82	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#57	88	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#51	91	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#76	70	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#94	56	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#90	59	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#100	51	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#108	21	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#88	28	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#125	20	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#87	34	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#132	19	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#81	41	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#93	30	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#98	29	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#90	35	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#81	43	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#105	30	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#83	37	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#115	26	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#99	30	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#112	28	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#159	15	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#205	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#345	12	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #51, first reached in 2005.

It held a top-100 place in 21 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 703 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Seve · #1923, 14y
Seven · #2165, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amelie · #51, 35y
Peyton · #48, 29y
Abby · #55, 33y
Spencer · #47, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amaia · #51, 27y
Gracie · #51, 30y
Storm · #50, 30y
Cadhla · #53, 28y

Seth was ranked #51 in New Zealand · Boys in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Seth and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Seth without appearing here.

Seth moved ahead of

Courtney Compare
In 1997 they stood at #427 and #399 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #362 and #554.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #601 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #532 and #701.
Wayne Compare
In 1997 they stood at #427 and #323 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #362 and #490.
Barry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #441 and #441 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #427 and #538.

Moved ahead of Seth

Oskar Compare
In 2023 they stood at #362 and #436 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #655 and #240.
Jeremy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #362 and #584 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #655 and #394.
Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #532 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #542 and #322.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #427 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #362 and #182.

Moved the opposite way to Seth

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Seth went from #441 to #229 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Seth went from #441 to #229 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Seth went from #441 to #229 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Seth went from #441 to #197 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.

Moved the same way as Seth

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Seth went from #409 to #577 and Aaron from #12 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Seth went from #409 to #577 and Adam from #3 to #20.
Adrian Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Seth went from #409 to #577 and Adrian from #156 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Seth went from #409 to #577 and Alan from #59 to #232.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #51 in New Zealand in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Seth

Seth at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Seth across 5 official records

Seth by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Seth appears in

Popularity data

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Seth at a glance

Seth across 5 official records

Seth by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Seth appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Seth

Seth and the names beside it

Seth moved ahead of

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