Gates
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Gates is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “by the gates”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Gates mean?
English: English surname for someone living by town gates
“by the gates”
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Is Gates a girl's or a boy's name?
Gates is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gates in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Gates, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Gates in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gates in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 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 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
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