Girls' name · since 1960
Beate
10 babies named Beate in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #54,762 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Beate is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1960.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beate has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1960, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1969.
- #54,762 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beate ranks #54,762 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #54,762 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Beate's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Beate's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Beate's full recorded timeline at 1969, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births.
Beate popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1969
- Peak year (1960)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Beate by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1960s was Beate's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Beate births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Beate: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1960–1969 (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 Beate 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.