How Many People Are Named Yates?
people named Yates are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,146,929 people in the US has this name
Based on 517 babies named Yates in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yates in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yates alive today is about 23 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yates first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1921, to 16 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yates has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,120, in 1923. In 2025 it ranked #6,430.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,430 |
| Best rank | #2,120 (1923) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,553 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yates alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yates were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 15 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yates was given about 30.3 times as often in North Carolina.
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