How Many People Are Named Bates?
people named Bates are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,998,112 people in the US has this name
Based on 158 babies named Bates in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bates in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bates alive today is about 11 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bates first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 2014, to 17 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bates has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,982, in 1935. In 2025 it ranked #9,824.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,824 |
| Best rank | #2,982 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,623 in the 2010s |
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