Zeth
Boy · ZETH · Hebrew
Zeth is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “appointed, placed”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Zeth mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Seth
“appointed, placed”
Seth is the third son of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis.
- Say it
- ZETH
Is Zeth a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeth is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Zeth, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer boys named Zeth than any year since 1977.
Half of all the boys named Zeth in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeth in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,448 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 59 | #1,730 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,062 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Zeth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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