Seth: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced SETH · 1 syllable

Seth means “chosen one, appointed, placed”, from Hebrew and Greek.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek (Seth), from Biblical Hebrew (Set, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”).

How popular is Seth?

Seth was the #581 name in the US in 2025, given to 505 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 66% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Seth in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Seth are older than 32; most are between 19 and 55. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Seth have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Seth means “chosen one, appointed, placed”. It comes from Hebrew and Greek.

Seth is pronounced SETH.

Seth was the #581 name in the US in 2025, given to 505 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 66% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Seth are older than 32. Most are between 19 and 55.