Pate

• Same eraLangstonLike Pate, it was given most in the 2010s.#999 · falling
• Same rhythmLandrySame beat as Pate: two syllables, stress on the first, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#996 · steady
• ShorterLevOne syllable to Pate's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#999 · steady
• LongerEphraimThree syllables to Pate's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#988 · steady
• RiskyTateOne letter away from Pate. You'll call the wrong one for years.#193 · rising

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.