Cate — #5055 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cate

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,778 babies named Cate between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cate currently holds the #5055 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 152 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cate performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 932 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cate shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 180 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cate in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cate 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 1,778 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.