Slater — #1538 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Slater

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,223 babies named Slater between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Slater currently holds the #1538 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 128 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Slater performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 622 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Slater shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 435 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Slater in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Slater 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 2,223 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.