Unisex name ★ peaked 2025

Tate

Meaning radiant, glad, cheerful, tender Gender Unisex · 5% girls Rank 2025 #194 Trend ↑ Rising 157%

From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and…

Rank 2025
#194
among boys · ↑16 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,022
named Tate · +13% vs 2024
How common
1 in 917
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2025
2,022 babies
All-time total
28,955
#709 all-time among boys
First recorded
1912
in Social Security records

Tate popularity over time

28,955 babies have been named Tate since 1912, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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BoysGirls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – 53 53 5 – #1,842
1920s – 59 59 6 +11% #2,601
1930s – 20 20 2 -66% #2,830
1940s – 44 44 4 +120% #2,727
1950s – 42 42 4 -5% #2,643
1960s – 295 295 30 +602% #1,215
1970s 16 804 820 82 +178% #771
1980s 37 655 692 69 -16% #1,054
1990s 290 2,768 3,058 306 +342% #463
2000s 441 6,477 6,918 692 +126% #382
2010s 300 7,288 7,588 759 +10% #357
2020s (to 2025) 471 8,895 9,366 1,561 +106% #194

Where Tate is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 2,183 1.28 #169
2027 2,500 1.46 #142
2028 2,805 1.64 #129
2029 3,093 1.81 #114
2030 3,361 1.97 #105

Where Tate is most popular

Boys named Tate per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.926 per 1,000. Strongest in Wyoming, Iowa, and South Dakota.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Tate born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Wyoming 30 5.19 +460%
Iowa 279 4.05 +337%
South Dakota 70 3.76 +306%
North Dakota 59 3.46 +273%
Montana 55 3.12 +237%
Nebraska 129 2.97 +220%
Utah 242 2.54 +174%
Idaho 101 2.47 +167%
Kansas 153 2.23 +141%
Minnesota 269 2.19 +137%
Arkansas 135 2.13 +130%
Missouri 294 2.12 +129%
West Virginia 69 2.11 +128%
Kentucky 197 1.96 +112%
Louisiana 192 1.88 +103%
Oklahoma 166 1.88 +103%
Wisconsin 218 1.84 +99%
Indiana 291 1.81 +96%
Alabama 163 1.49 +61%
Tennessee 265 1.47 +59%
Michigan 279 1.36 +47%
Ohio 360 1.36 +47%
Oregon 102 1.34 +45%
Georgia 320 1.26 +36%
Colorado 159 1.23 +33%
Washington 198 1.21 +31%
Maine 23 1.19 +28%
Mississippi 65 1.14 +24%
North Carolina 279 1.09 +18%
Illinois 250 0.978 +6%
South Carolina 92 0.890 ≈ national
Virginia 162 0.854 -8%
Hawaii 13 0.837 -10%
Pennsylvania 222 0.836 -10%
Arizona 135 0.825 -11%
Texas 706 0.801 -13%
Vermont 5 0.796 -14%
Connecticut 49 0.724 -22%
Florida 333 0.703 -24%
New Mexico 22 0.668 -28%
Nevada 38 0.667 -28%
New Hampshire 14 0.631 -32%
Massachusetts 86 0.625 -32%
Maryland 74 0.621 -33%
Alaska 5 0.420 -55%
New York 172 0.397 -57%
California 327 0.358 -61%
New Jersey 53 0.263 -72%
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Rhode Island – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Tate

Tate is moderately common for boys in the United States, ranked #194 in 2025 with 1,862 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1912, 28,955 American babies have been named Tate, about 95% boys and 5% girls, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2025, when 2,022 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Tate stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Tate?

The median living Tate is about 12 years old; half are between 3 and 22. An estimated 28 thousand people named Tate are alive in the United States today.

median 12 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Tate year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 160 #1,379 1,862 #194
2024 83 #2,263 1,700 #210
2023 77 #2,377 1,854 #197
2022 80 #2,345 1,489 #234
2021 37 #4,007 1,092 #304
2020 34 #4,157 898 #353
2019 28 #4,892 698 #438
2018 39 #3,841 582 #494
2017 52 #3,139 682 #450
2016 21 #6,170 691 #448
2015 31 #4,579 742 #420
2014 27 #5,156 803 #388
2013 24 #5,628 880 #357
2012 21 #6,317 769 #389
2011 27 #5,195 724 #394
2010 30 #4,850 717 #395
2009 25 #5,693 636 #442
2008 41 #3,929 672 #433
2007 36 #4,288 711 #412
2006 36 #4,157 710 #411
2005 50 #3,165 759 #382
2004 51 #3,065 700 #388
2003 48 #3,124 644 #404
2002 52 #2,887 535 #455
2001 42 #3,314 563 #431
2000 60 #2,540 547 #436
1995 23 #4,505 246 #671
1990 14 #6,440 112 #999
1985 6 #10,557 63 #1,187
1980 – – 61 #1,175
1975 5 #10,444 87 #890
1970 – – 54 #1,131
1965 – – 32 #1,380
1960 – – 29 #1,520
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – 8 #2,727
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – 7 #3,707
1920 – – 6 #4,233
1915 – – 9 #2,801
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Tate

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Tate Donovan Tate Donovan American actor (born 1963) Contemporary
  2. 2 Tate Taylor Topics referred to by the same term b. 1969 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Tate, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Tate?

The median living Tate is about 12 years old. Half of all living Tates are between 3 and 22 years old.

How many people named Tate are alive today?

An estimated 28 thousand people named Tate are alive in the United States, based on 28,955 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Tate mean?

From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from Old Norse Táta, a personal name of unknown meaning.

How popular is the name Tate in 2025?

Tate ranked #194 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,862 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Tate?

28,955 babies have been named Tate in the United States since 1912, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Tate most popular?

Tate peaked in 2025, when 2,022 newborns received the name.

Is Tate a boy or girl name?

Tate is used for both: about 5% of babies named Tate have been girls and 95% boys.

Is the name Tate rising or falling?

Tate is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Tate become more popular?

Tate is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 3,361 boys named Tate in 2030, which would rank around #105. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Tate?

Well-known people named Tate include Tate Donovan (actor), Tate Taylor (film director).

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