How Many People Are Named Tate?

28,325

people named Tate are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 12,066 people in the US has this name

Based on 28,955 babies named Tate in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,317

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#556

See the top 100

Peak Year

2025

2,022 births

Trend

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Rising (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: TAYT
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From an English surname which was derived from the Old English given name Tata, of unknown origin.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
5.4%
Male
94.6%

Of the babies given the name Tate, 5.4% were girls and 94.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Tate alive today is about 14 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 22 in 2025.

Under 30 25,327
89.4%
30 to 59 2,822
10%
60 and over 176
0.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Tate first appears in the records in 1912, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 2,022 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Tate has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #194, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #194.

Boys
Rank in 2025#194
Best rank#194 (2025)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#235 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Tate alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Tate were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,330 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tate was given 7.5 times as often in South Dakota, 5.1 times in North Dakota and 4.9 times in Iowa.

Texas 2,330
California 1,425
Utah 1,275
Iowa 1,115
Minnesota 1,112
Ohio 1,084
Missouri 833
Georgia 811
Illinois 802
Michigan 788
Florida 759
Washington 750
North Carolina 737
Indiana 725
Tennessee 648
Colorado 620
Louisiana 607
Kansas 578
Pennsylvania 573
Oklahoma 568
Wisconsin 559
Arizona 545
New York 502
Kentucky 490
Nebraska 456
South Dakota 449
Virginia 379
Idaho 374
Oregon 352
Arkansas 327
Alabama 309
North Dakota 279
Massachusetts 269
South Carolina 180
Mississippi 168
Maryland 161
Montana 146
Connecticut 109
New Jersey 95
West Virginia 91
Nevada 75
Wyoming 54
Hawaii 44
Maine 28
New Mexico 27
New Hampshire 25
Alaska 10
Vermont 5

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