Nate
Nate was given to 93 boys in 2025, #1,748 among boys’ names; 4,791 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,320 Americans named Nate and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 12 and 37.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nate by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Nate mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Nate is “a diminutive of the male given names Nathan, Nathanael and Nathaniel, and also a female given name Natalie.”
/neɪt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Nate?
#1,748 among boys’ names, 2025
Nate fell from #1,674 in 2015 to #1,748 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 49.0 to 54.4 per million.
181 babies in 2007, the peak
Nate peaked in 2007, when 181 boys were given it, #1,046 among boys’ names. The 93 births of 2025 are 51% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #1,748 | 54.4 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,570 | 64.4 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,589 | 64.3 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,618 | 61.9 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,662 | 57.2 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,885 | 45.8 |
| 2019 | 76 | #1,946 | 42.4 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,697 | 51.2 |
| 2017 | 83 | #1,816 | 44.8 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,717 | 48.0 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 94 | #1,674 | 49.0 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,544 | 54.1 |
| 2013 | 113 | #1,464 | 59.7 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,495 | 56.9 |
| 2011 | 132 | #1,302 | 69.5 |
| 2010 | 137 | #1,275 | 71.4 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,363 | 63.5 |
| 2008 | 137 | #1,274 | 67.2 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,046 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 150 | #1,139 | 73.0 |
| 2005 | 141 | #1,147 | 70.6 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,288 | 58.4 |
| 2003 | 89 | #1,472 | 45.1 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,427 | 46.9 |
| 2001 | 78 | #1,557 | 40.1 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,934 | 27.5 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,841 | 28.1 |
| 1998 | 57 | #1,781 | 29.8 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,587 | 16.4 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,975 | 23.8 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,278 | 18.4 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,374 | 17.1 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,920 | 21.9 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,508 | 14.5 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,514 | 13.9 |
| 1990 | 21 | #3,021 | 10.2 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,131 | 16.5 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,411 | 13.1 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,962 | 17.1 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,379 | 7.6 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,338 | 12.4 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,343 | 12.2 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,639 | 10.0 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,931 | 8.8 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,845 | 17.3 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,418 | 11.8 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,894 | 16.8 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,052 | 14.6 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,533 | 22.5 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,253 | 31.2 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,689 | 19.2 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,282 | 28.0 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,098 | 12.8 |
| 1972 | 31 | #1,552 | 19.1 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,815 | 14.1 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,917 | 11.8 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,517 | 16.2 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,495 | 16.1 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,529 | 14.9 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,639 | 12.9 |
| 1965 | 25 | #1,581 | 13.4 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,682 | 11.5 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,646 | 11.8 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,449 | 14.5 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,230 | 19.8 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,248 | 18.8 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,222 | 19.2 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,550 | 12.3 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,876 | 8.8 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,230 | 6.6 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,831 | 9.2 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,104 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,158 | 7.1 |
| 1952 | 8 | #3,027 | 4.1 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,115 | 7.4 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,560 | 5.6 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,189 | 7.4 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,324 | 6.6 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,866 | 9.9 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,345 | 7.4 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,343 | 4.4 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,509 | 7.0 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,446 | 4.3 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,599 | 7.3 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,055 | 11.2 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,826 | 7.5 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,068 | 6.7 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,100 | 12.5 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,560 | 5.8 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,064 | 13.1 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,292 | 11.5 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,997 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,644 | 9.8 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,299 | 7.2 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,317 | 7.2 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,194 | 5.3 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,365 | 7.3 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,168 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,584 | 10.9 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,402 | 7.5 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,639 | 7.1 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,030 | 5.9 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,519 | 11.9 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,357 | 13.5 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,822 | 10.7 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,483 | 27.3 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,837 | 20.9 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,066 | 50.2 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,019 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Nate a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,791 Americans recorded as Nate, 6% are girls and 94% boys. In 2025 it went to 93 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Nate: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nate, and how old are they?
4,320 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 4,791 Americans ever recorded as Nate. The median Nate alive today is 20 years old; half are between 12 and 37.
The 2020 Census counted 21,610 people named Nate (308 women and girls, 21,302 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,822 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 26 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 261 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 519 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 556 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,710 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,250 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Nate born?
The states with the most babies named Nate are California, New York and Florida, with 68% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 13 | #1,406 | 0.7× |
| New York | 12 | #1,034 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 11 | #1,177 | 0.3× |
| Texas | 6 | #2,475 | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 6 | #997 | 0.6× |
| Washington | 5 | #1,100 | 0.3× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Nate with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Nate
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Nate and names like it
- Compare Nate and AntoniBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sNate peaked in 2007.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nate since 1910.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Nate.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Nate alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with NMost given first.