Bates
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAYTS
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Bates is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Bate”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Bates mean?
English: English surname from Bate, a medieval short form of Bartholomew
“son of Bate”
An English surname meaning son of Bate, a medieval pet form of Bartholomew.
Is Bates a girl's or a boy's name?
Bates is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bates in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Bates, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Bates in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bates in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
Names like Bates
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Banks, Rhodes, Hayes, Briggs, Beckham, Saint, Amias, Baker, Bear, Zayn, King, Brooks
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bates: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bates, updated 20 October 2026.