Is Yates a boy or girl name?

Yates is a boy’s name. Of the 517 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Yates

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Yates was most popular in 1921, when 16 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,086 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 517 people named Yates.

Yates over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yates’s peak in 1921. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yates a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yates is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 517 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 Yates

Where Yates is most concentrated

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

North Carolina 34.5×

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