Nate

Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242 · #1,743 for boys in 2025, 93 births
Given to boys 93.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,490
since 1880

Nate over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #3,506, 1980peak #909, 1880girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,74393
2024—#1,563111
2023—#1,576110
2022—#1,611108
2021—#1,658100
2020—#1,87279
2019—#1,93876
2018—#1,68793
2017—#1,80983
2016—#1,70691
2015—#1,66894
2014—#1,536104
2013—#1,459113
2012—#1,490108
2011—#1,296132
2010—#1,267137
2009#15,2426#1,360126
2008—#1,271137
2007—#1,038181
2006—#1,137150
2005#16,4625#1,143141
2004—#1,287116
2003#15,7845#1,46689
2002#15,4325#1,42491
2001#12,0567#1,54378
2000—#1,92454
1999#10,3458#1,82454
1998—#1,76857
1997#5,86816#2,54631
1996#13,5185#1,95845
1995#13,3865#2,25335
1994#11,7786#2,34733
1993#11,7806#1,90743
1992#10,4797#2,46729
1991#11,5096#2,46928
1990#7,88010#2,95221
1989#8,0379#2,10633
1988#6,66611#2,36725
1987#8,7787#1,93832
1986#9,5456#3,26814
1985#6,9559#2,29323
1984#7,3988#2,29222
1983#4,88414#2,57718
1982#5,91111#2,83116
1981#5,25413#1,81131
1980#3,50623#2,36721
1979#4,62615#1,86729
1978#3,77719#2,01224
1977#5,88810#1,51537
1976#6,6118#1,23849
1975#7,1737#1,65830
1974#5,7769#1,26944
1973—#2,03620
1972—#1,53531
1971#4,81011#1,78425
1970#6,3627#1,88922
1969—#1,49229
1968#5,6427#1,47828
1967—#1,50726
1966—#1,61323
1965—#1,55925
1964—#1,65523
1963—#1,62824
1962—#1,42330
1961—#1,22242
1960—#1,24240
1959—#1,21241
1958—#1,53426
1957—#1,83719
1956—#2,16814
1955—#1,79119
1954—#2,9428
1953—#2,09914
1952—#2,8758
1951—#2,05514
1950——
1949—#2,45310
1948—#2,11513
1947—#2,25112
1946—#1,81316
1945—#2,24210
1944—#3,1096
1943—#2,40510
1942—#3,2126
1941—#2,4919
1940—#1,98313
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1937—#2,6808
1936—#2,8547
1935—#2,02913
1934—#3,2776
1933—#1,99713
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1928—#2,8439
1927—#2,52311
1926—#3,1398
1925—#3,1558
1924—#3,8676
1923—#3,1758
1922—#3,0149
1921—#2,50212
1920—#3,2088
1919—#3,3917
1918—#3,7286
1917—#2,42311
1916—#2,25912
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1913—#1,44114
1912—#1,7469
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1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Nate was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Nate is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,000 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 37,177 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Nate, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,000 · 1 in 37,177

Best ever in a state: #182 in North Dakota, 2005.

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California#1,00051 in 37,177
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Nate
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 180 spots since 2024 (#1,563 → #1,743)
  • 129 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #1,743)
  • 75 spots since 2015 (#1,668 → #1,743)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #909 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,466
  • Highest: 1 in 11,466 boys born in 2007 were named Nate (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,366 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #909 in 1880, was only 1 in 22,098 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 25.9% of all boys named Nate (1,163) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1981
  • Mostly girls until 1980, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#909 (1880)#909
1890s6#982 (1896)#982
1900s0——
1910s66#1,441 (1913)#2,520
1920s79#2,502 (1921)#3,047
1930s59#1,997 (1933)#2,507
1940s105#1,813 (1946)#2,407
1950s163#1,212 (1959)#2,057
1960s290#1,222 (1961)#1,482
1970s311#1,238 (1976)#1,680
1980s235#1,811 (1981)#2,385
1990s376#1,768 (1998)#2,249
2000s1,163#1,038 (2007)#1,359
2010s1,031#1,267 (2010)#1,586
2020s601#1,563 (2024)#1,671

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.

Nate in 1960

boys
#1,242
40 births · 1 in 53,308 boys

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #1,242Nate40
More about 1960

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 53,308 of them was named Nate, which outranked 73.0% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nate
  1. #1,229Thor41
  2. #1,229Valentine41
  3. #1,229Verne41
  4. #1,242Nate40
  5. #1,242Allyn40
  6. #1,242Danniel40
  7. #1,242Gayle40
  8. #1,252Brook39
  9. #1,252Cullen39
  10. #1,252Deryl39

Tied with 9 names at #1,242; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,061Stephon#3,988 → #927
  2. ↑ 1,039Kennedy#1,759 → #720
  3. ↑ 489Darryle#1,416 → #927
  4. ↑ 379Garret#1,360 → #981
  5. ↑ 373Darryll#1,324 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 333Grayling#987 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 327Lucious#946 → #1,273
  3. ↓ 274Brion#919 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 261Gail#747 → #1,008
  5. ↓ 254Delton#939 → #1,193

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960 →