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Zeth

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Zeth is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
60.00% of boys
Peak year
199959 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1977
1,197people given the name
Babies named Zeth, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,197 boys have been named Zeth in the United States since 1977, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 59 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 37%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Zeth
1970s21
1980s154
1990s320
2000s438
2010s217
2020s47

In 1999, its biggest year

Zeth was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1999 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Nicholas. See all of 1999.

Names that rose and fell with Zeth

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.