Fate
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #7,738
Given to boys 89.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,186since 1880
Fate over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,076 | 14 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #1,810 | 15 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,833 | 16 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,725 | 17 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,651 | 19 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,533 | 23 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,707 | 20 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,748 | 20 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,941 | 17 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,367 | 29 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,188 | 35 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,231 | 32 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,101 | 27 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #487 | 13 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Fate was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Fate is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Fate
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1910 (#1,277 → #981)
- Biggest drop: 759 spots in 1911 (#981 → #1,740)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #438 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1880–1897
- Highest: 1 in 5,935 boys born in 1897 were named Fate (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 171,058 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Fate (199) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 101 | #487 (1881) | #626 |
| 1890s | 101 | #438 (1897) | #716 |
| 1900s | 82 | #637 (1901) | #891 |
| 1910s | 188 | #981 (1910) | #1,463 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,367 (1922) | #1,769 |
| 1930s | 152 | #1,361 (1933) | #1,989 |
| 1940s | 115 | #1,810 (1944) | #2,100 |
| 1950s | 72 | #2,321 (1950) | #3,017 |
| 1960s | 42 | #2,685 (1960) | #3,431 |
| 1970s | 23 | #4,054 (1973) | #4,951 |
| 1980s | 17 | #5,468 (1981) | #5,936 |
| 1990s | 23 | #7,874 (1999) | #8,307 |
| 2000s | 32 | #9,948 (2004) | #11,296 |
| 2010s | 19 | #9,693 (2010) | #10,409 |
| 2020s | 20 | #7,738 (2023) | #10,738 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Fate in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
boys
112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 5,935 of them was named Fate, which outranked 64.4% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).