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

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #3,506, 1980peak #909, 1880girlsboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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
1939
1938
1937#2,6808
1936#2,8547
1935#2,02913
1934#3,2776
1933#1,99713
1932
1931#2,20712
1930
1929
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
1915
1914#2,6517
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.

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