Unisex name · since 1912
Tate
Since 1912, U.S. Social Security records show 27,400 babies named Tate, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #709 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #193 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,400
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tate currently ranks #193 among unisex names in America, with 27,400 babies recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Tate recorded 27,400 times among boys since 1912, holding rank #193 nationally today, ahead of 99% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #709 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #193 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 27,400 born since 1912
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tate ranks #709 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #193 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 27,400 born since 1912, peaking in the 2020s.
- #709 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #193 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,400
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tate's 27,400 recorded births place it above 98.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Tate compares
27,400 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Tate's all-time total is 74x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tate | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27,400 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,862 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tate's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tate's full recorded timeline at 1977, 96% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 4% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,862 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tate popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,862
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Tate popularity over time - girls
1,555 total births recorded since 1975 (Tate as girls' name)
Tate by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8,895 births, 32% of the file).
2020s was Tate's strongest decade.
8,895 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Tate births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 53
1910s
53 births
- 1920s 59
1920s
59 births
- 1930s 20
1930s
20 births
- 1940s 44
1940s
44 births
- 1950s 42
1950s
42 births
- 1960s 295
1960s
295 births
- 1970s 804
1970s
804 births
- 1980s 655
1980s
655 births
- 1990s 2,768
1990s
2,768 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,477 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,288 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,895 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8,895 births (32% of all-time use).
How Tate 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 Tate's total volume
Tate by state
Where Tate concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,249 | 8.2% |
| #2 | California | | 1,384 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Utah | | 1,276 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 1,124 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Iowa | | 1,121 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,098 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 836 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 811 | 3.0% |
2,249 of 27,400 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Tate appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tate's data
- Texas records the most Tates (2,249 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1912–2025 (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 Tate 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.