Is Cate a boy or girl name?

Cate is a girl’s name. Of the 1,789 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Cate

Recorded 1980–2025 · United States

Cate was most popular in 2008, when 152 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,680 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,789 people named Cate.

Cate over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cate’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cate a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cate is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,789 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Cate

Where Cate is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org