first name
TATE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,139 people named Tate, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 4.6% as two or more races and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tate peaked in 2025, when 2,022 babies got the name.
At least 28,955 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Tate by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #436. The largest share of babies named Tate, 50.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Tate is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tate has been most common in Utah (6.2×), South Dakota (5.4×), and Idaho (3.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.14×).
24,946 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Tate
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tate, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tate ranks #479 of 156,621, with 68,390 people. See Tate as a last name
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