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
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,490since 1880
Nate 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 | — | #1,743 | 93 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,563 | 111 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,576 | 110 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,611 | 108 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,658 | 100 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,872 | 79 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,938 | 76 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,687 | 93 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,809 | 83 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,706 | 91 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,668 | 94 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,536 | 104 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,459 | 113 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,490 | 108 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,296 | 132 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,267 | 137 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,360 | 126 |
| 2008 | — | #1,271 | 137 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,038 | 181 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,137 | 150 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #1,143 | 141 |
| 2004 | — | #1,287 | 116 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #1,466 | 89 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,424 | 91 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,543 | 78 |
| 2000 | — | #1,924 | 54 | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | — | #1,768 | 57 | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,958 | 45 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #2,347 | 33 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #1,907 | 43 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #2,106 | 33 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #2,367 | 25 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #1,938 | 32 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #1,515 | 37 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #1,269 | 44 |
| 1973 | — | #2,036 | 20 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,535 | 31 | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | — | #1,492 | 29 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #1,478 | 28 |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,613 | 23 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,559 | 25 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,628 | 24 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,423 | 30 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,222 | 42 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,242 | 40 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,212 | 41 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,813 | 16 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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
- 180 spots since 2024 (#1,563 → #1,743)
- 129 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #1,743)
- 75 spots since 2015 (#1,668 → #1,743)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #909 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1896
- 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
- 25.9% of all boys named Nate (1,163) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1980, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 (1880) | #909 |
| 1890s | 6 | #982 (1896) | #982 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 66 | #1,441 (1913) | #2,520 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,502 (1921) | #3,047 |
| 1930s | 59 | #1,997 (1933) | #2,507 |
| 1940s | 105 | #1,813 (1946) | #2,407 |
| 1950s | 163 | #1,212 (1959) | #2,057 |
| 1960s | 290 | #1,222 (1961) | #1,482 |
| 1970s | 311 | #1,238 (1976) | #1,680 |
| 1980s | 235 | #1,811 (1981) | #2,385 |
| 1990s | 376 | #1,768 (1998) | #2,249 |
| 2000s | 1,163 | #1,038 (2007) | #1,359 |
| 2010s | 1,031 | #1,267 (2010) | #1,586 |
| 2020s | 601 | #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 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 369,568 of them was named Nate, which outranked 14.3% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 14,165 of them was named Nate, which outranked 91.5% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,139Isac142
- #1,139Lazaro142
- #1,139Lloyd142
- #1,143Nate141
- #1,143Antwon141
- #1,143Courtney141
- #1,143Denis141
- #1,149Varun140
- #1,150Anish139
- #1,150Cain139
Tied with 5 names at #1,143; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.