How Many People Are Named Nate?
people named Nate are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 78,934 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,791 babies named Nate in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
181 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of NATHAN or NATHANIEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nate, 6.7% were girls and 93.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nate alive today is about 25 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nate first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2007, to 181 babies. In 2025, 93 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nate has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,019, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,748.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,748 |
| Best rank | #1,019 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,306 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nate alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nate were born in California than in any other state: about 412 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nate was given 2.5 times as often in New York, 2.2 times in Louisiana and 2 times in California.
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