Is Slate a boy or girl name?

Slate is a boy’s name. Of the 863 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Slate

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Slate was most popular in 2018, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,145 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,745, with 48 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 863 people named Slate.

Slate over time

Births per year. The dot marks Slate’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Slate a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Slate is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 863 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 Slate

Where Slate is most concentrated

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

Texas 9.4×

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