Boys' name · since 1915
Slater
2,378 babies named Slater in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,965 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,269 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,378
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Slater is the #1269 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 2,378 recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Slater has been recorded 2,378 times among boys since 1915, currently ranked #1269 nationally and more common than 91% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #2,965 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,269 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,378 born since 1915
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Slater ranks #2,965 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,269 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,378 born since 1915, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,965 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,269 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,378
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Slater's 2,378 recorded births place it above 93.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Slater compares
2,378 Top 20% higher than 80% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Slater's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Slater | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,378 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 155 | 34 | 22,252 |
Slater's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Slater splits its recorded history at 1996: 86% of all births land in the more recent half, 14% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 155 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Slater popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 155
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Slater popularity over time - girls
67 total births recorded since 2019 (Slater as girls' name)
Slater by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (697 births, 29% of the file).
2020s was Slater's strongest decade.
697 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Slater births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 24
1910s
24 births
- 1920s 28
1920s
28 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
384 births
- 2000s
2000s
536 births
- 2010s
2010s
622 births
- 2020s
2020s
697 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 697 births (29% of all-time use).
How Slater compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Slater's total volume
Slater by state
Where Slater concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 456 | 19.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 95 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 85 | 3.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 17 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Iowa | | 13 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 12 | 0.5% |
456 of 2,378 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Slater appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Slaters (456 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Slater: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Slater draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.