Ates
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-TESH
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Ates is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “fire”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Ates mean?
Persian: Turkish ates 'fire', from Persian atash
“fire”
The Turkish word for fire, borrowed from Persian atash.
Is Ates a girl's or a boy's name?
Ates is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ates in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ates, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ates in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ates in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
Names like Ates
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arthur, Atlas, Albie, Jasper, Albert, Arlo, Alfred, Hugo, Austin, Otis, Ezra, Myles
More Persian names
Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ates: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ates, updated 20 October 2026.