Cate

Where Cate comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cate.

  • Vowel-ended
Cate through the years
  1. 1980
    First appearance
    #10,392 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2008
    Peak, #1,528
    152 babies named Cate, the most in any year.
  3. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,804.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
Namesakes

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