Boys' name · peaked in 2025
Tate name popularity since 1925
28,866 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tate (5.4% girls, 94.6% boys). Half of them were born in 2013 or earlier, so the typical Tate is about 13 years old in 2026. Tate peaked in 2025 as the #194 name for boys, and it ranked #194 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,866
- Named Tate, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #194
- for boys in 2025 (1,862 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 94.6% boys
- 1,555 girls · 27,311 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 6.00× its national share
Peak year is the year Tate made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tate births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Tate both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2018 and 2023, Tate became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 3,120 baby boys to 1 in 923.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Tate's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tate.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tate in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 23 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 20 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 44 | #2,727 |
| 1950s | 0 | 42 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 295 | #1,380 |
| 1970s | 16 | 804 | #890 |
| 1980s | 37 | 655 | #1,187 |
| 1990s | 290 | 2,768 | #671 |
| 2000s | 441 | 6,477 | #382 |
| 2010s | 300 | 7,288 | #420 |
| 2020–25 | 471 | 8,895 | #194 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
50.8% of babies named Tate from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Tate is most popular
The index compares Tate's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tate.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 6.00× | 1,290 |
| South Dakota | 5.67× | 456 |
| Idaho | 3.77× | 379 |
| Iowa | 3.52× | 1,129 |
| Nebraska | 2.60× | 461 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tate's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tate.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tate (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data