Mate — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mate

The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Mate between 1978 and 2020, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mate currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mate performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mate shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mate 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 75 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.