Pate — #12354 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Pate

The Social Security Administration has registered 272 babies named Pate between 1901 and 2024, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pate currently holds the #12354 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pate performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Pate shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pate in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pate 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 272 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.