girls:
50 births since 2019
#5666 (1st percentile)
boys:
2.1k births since 1915
#2740 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1915
#5630 (27th percentile)
The name Slater is the #5,630 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,158 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 27.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,740 (40.2% percentile) for all time with 2,108 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,666 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 50 births since 2019.
Slater first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 2019 for girls). Birth data for Slater is available in 57 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (57 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Slater has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 88.8% of babies named Slater were boys.
For boys, Slater reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 13.3% percentile (ranked #801) with 68 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 68 births per million (ranked 13.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Slater ranks #805 for boys (11.6% percentile) with 61 births per million, which is 88.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Slater reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #938) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Slater is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #938 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Slater".
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