Pate

Peak · boys
1901 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
282
since 1901

Pate over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Pate has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1900192019401960198020002020peak #858, 1901boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#12,3495
2023#8,2559
2022—
2021—
2020#7,50210
2019—
2018#10,7606
2017#7,54610
2016#7,15711
2015#8,7448
2014#7,56210
2013#7,53710
2012—
2011#9,6007
2010#12,2315
2009#8,9858
2008#9,8717
2007#8,9158
2006#9,5857
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2003#5,55813
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2000#10,3495
1999#9,9125
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1997#7,2817
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1994#7,7706
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1989#7,9055
1988#6,4266
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1983#5,4846
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1963#3,0448
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1961#4,0655
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1952#3,0957
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1934#3,2776
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1932#3,7765
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1928#4,1515
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1924#2,82210
1923#3,8226
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1921#4,3225
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1919#4,1685
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1917#3,5456
1916#3,5166
1915#3,8255
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1912#2,0457
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1903#1,1305
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1901#8587
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First appearance
1901

The first year at least five boys were named Pate! It came in at #858, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1902–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Pate is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Pate in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Pate
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4,670 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #7,679)
  • 177 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,679)
  • 1,065 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1901 at #858 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,210
  • Highest: 1 in 15,210 boys born in 1901 were named Pate (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 23.8% of all boys named Pate (67) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s12#858 (1901)#994
1910s29#2,045 (1912)#3,420
1920s26#2,822 (1924)#3,779
1930s11#3,277 (1934)#3,527
1940s0——
1950s7#3,095 (1952)#3,095
1960s13#3,044 (1963)#3,555
1970s0——
1980s17#5,484 (1983)#6,605
1990s18#7,281 (1997)#8,321
2000s48#5,558 (2003)#8,877
2010s67#7,157 (2016)#8,892
2020s34#7,502 (2020)#8,946

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.

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