Beate — girls' name
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.
100% of everyone ever named Beate was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Beate in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Beate
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Beate between 1960 and 1969, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Beate currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Beate performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Beate in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Beate at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Beate popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1960
- Peak year (1960)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
10 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 5 births in a single year.
Beate by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Beate's all-time total
Beate decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Beate's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–1969 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.