Tate Boy
How popular is Tate?
#193 boy name in 2025
1,862 baby boys were named Tate in the US in 2025, making it the 193rd most popular boy name. Another 160 girls got the name (#1,373 for girls).
Tate popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #193 for boys (▲ 17 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,862 boys, 160 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+151% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #420 in 2015, #353 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,862 boys) |
| Highest rank | #193 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 95% boys, 5% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tate counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tate family of names ranked #203 for boys in 2025 (#228 the year before), with 1,876 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tate | 1,862 | 99% |
| Tayte | 14 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tate is most popular
Babies named Tate per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 5.2 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Iowa: 4.0 per 1,000 (279 boys)
- South Dakota: 3.8 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- North Dakota: 3.5 per 1,000 (59 boys)
- Montana: 3.1 per 1,000 (55 boys)
Tate by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 53 | #1,770 |
| 1920s | 59 | #2,445 |
| 1930s | 20 | #2,628 |
| 1940s | 44 | #2,573 |
| 1950s | 42 | #2,494 |
| 1960s | 295 | #1,198 |
| 1970s | 804 | #771 |
| 1980s | 655 | #1,044 |
| 1990s | 2,768 | #463 |
| 2000s | 6,477 | #382 |
| 2010s | 7,288 | #357 |
| 2020s | 8,895 | #193 |
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Questions
- Is Tate a boy or girl name?
- Tate is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Tate were boys.
- How popular is the name Tate?
- 1,862 baby boys were named Tate in the US in 2025, making it the 193rd most popular boy name. Another 160 girls got the name (#1,373 for girls).
- When was Tate most popular?
- Tate peaked in 2025, when 1,862 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #193 in 2025.
- How many people are named Tate?
- 28,955 babies have been named Tate in the US since 1880. We estimate about 28,373 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Tate most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tate was most common in Wyoming, at 5.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.