girls:
1.3k births since 1975
#4413 (23rd percentile)
boys:
23.8k births since 1912
#743 (84th percentile)
overall:
25.1k births since 1912
#1606 (79th percentile)
The name Tate is the #1,606 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 25,133 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 79.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 79.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #743 (83.8% percentile) for all time with 23,823 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #4,413 (22.8% percentile) for all time with 1,310 births since 1975.
Tate first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1975 for girls). Birth data for Tate is available in 95 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (95 years for boys and 42 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 Tate has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Tate reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 78.8% percentile (ranked #194) with 1,008 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,008 births per million (ranked 78.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tate is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #194 (78.8% percentile) with 1,008 births per million.
For girls, Tate reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #883) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 45 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Tate is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #876 (7.5% percentile) with 43 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tate".
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