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Baby name
Seth
Boy
Origin of the name
Seth comes from the Hebrew Shet, “appointed.” In the Bible, Seth is the third son of Adam and Eve.
Classic name
165,793births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 63rank at its peak, in 2000
Where babies named Seth are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Seth is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Seth is most common in Alaska (2.7 times), Vermont (2.1) and Wyoming (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Zeth 1,202
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