Fate
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Fate is a name of English origin, meaning “destiny”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Fate mean?
English: English word, from Latin fatum
“destiny”
From Latin fatum, literally 'that which has been spoken', meaning a decree of the gods.
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Is Fate a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Fate has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.
How popular is Fate in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1919, with 35 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fate in the US since 1880 were born between 1911 and 1944. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Fate in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,533 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,367 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,188 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,231 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,362 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,101 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 19 | #438 |
| 1896 | 12 | #641 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 12 | #524 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 15 | #488 |
| 1883 | 9 | #644 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 13 | #487 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
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