Tate

What Tate means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Tate yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Tate?

US: Rising: up from #420 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #359 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,862 boys got the name (#193 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

• About 1 in 917 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,637 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (10.09 per 1,000 boys), MT (4.52 per 1,000 boys), SD (4.42 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Tate is #193 in the US and #299 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.1% of US babies named Tate were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Tyde19 US · 6 E&W
• Tayte14 US
• Tad11 US
• Tide8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Tates

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Tate

Boys

• Ocean#717“sea”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Deacon#561Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 15 babies
• Aspen#920Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1990, with 8 babies
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys

For a sister

• Sage#160“sedge”^*
• Promise#823Editor’s note 330 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls
• Sky#948From the word “sky”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Tate’s. Rank is US 2025.