Recorded 1912–2025 · United States
Tate was most popular in 2025, when 2,022 American babies were given the name — ranking #338 that year. In 2025 it ranked #338, with 2,022 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 28,955 people named Tate.
Tate first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1912, which makes it about 113 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 97 of the 114 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 28,955 American births named Tate between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 28,315 are estimated to be alive today.
2,022 American babies were named Tate in 2025, ranking #338 that year.
Tate is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,687 births a year, against 810 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +108% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Tate is mostly a boy’s name — 5.4% of the 28,955 Americans given it were girls and 94.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% 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.
Roughly 28,315 Americans named Tate are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 4 and 23.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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