Boys' name · since 1919
Bates
Bates has 158 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,804 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
158 babies have been named Bates since 1919, making it today's #9804 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bates has been recorded 158 times among boys since 1919, currently ranked #9804 nationally and more common than 30% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #14,403 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,804 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 158 born since 1919
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bates ranks #14,403 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,804 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 158 born since 1919, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,804 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bates's 158 recorded births place it above 68.25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bates compares
158 34th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bates's all-time total is 57% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bates | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 158 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bates's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bates's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1921, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bates popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Bates by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (67 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Bates's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Bates births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
30 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 67 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Bates's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bates: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~106 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bates draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.