Nate
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Nate is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he gave”. In 2025 it ranked 412th for boys in the UK (111 babies) and 1,743rd for boys in the US (93 babies).
What does Nate mean?
Hebrew: short form of Nathan and Nathaniel
“he gave”
A short form of Nathan and Nathaniel, both from the Hebrew verb natan, 'to give'.
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Is Nate a girl's or a boy's name?
Nate is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 111 boys in the UK and 93 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nate in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #412among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 111about 1 in 2,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 111 boys in the UK were named Nate, making it the 412th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 317th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 159 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Nate than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Nate in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 396th in England and Wales and 400th in Scotland.
Nate in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | #412 |
| 2024 | 143 | #346 |
| 2023 | 152 | #325 |
| 2022 | 150 | #338 |
| 2021 | 156 | #332 |
| 2020 | 159 | #317 |
| 2019 | 149 | #347 |
| 2018 | 130 | #383 |
| 2017 | 150 | #357 |
| 2016 | 120 | #412 |
| 2015 | 121 | #394 |
| 2014 | 115 | #404 |
| 2013 | 121 | #381 |
| 2012 | 101 | #437 |
| 2011 | 92 | #459 |
| 2010 | 65 | #579 |
| 2009 | 63 | #583 |
| 2008 | 52 | #667 |
| 2007 | 30 | #935 |
| 2006 | 28 | #939 |
| 2005 | 24 | #997 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Nate in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,743among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 93about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 93 boys in the US were named Nate, making it the 1,743rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 181 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Nate than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Nate in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 5% of the babies named Nate in the US were girls.
Nate in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #1,743 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,563 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,576 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,611 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,658 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 76 | #1,937 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2017 | 83 | #1,809 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 94 | #1,668 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,536 |
| 2013 | 113 | #1,459 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,490 |
| 2011 | 132 | #1,296 |
| 2010 | 137 | #1,267 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 137 | #1,271 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,038 |
| 2006 | 150 | #1,137 |
| 2005 | 141 | #1,142 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,285 |
| 2003 | 89 | #1,464 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,421 |
| 2001 | 78 | #1,539 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 57 | #1,765 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,954 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,902 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 31 | #1,535 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,612 |
| 1965 | 25 | #1,558 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,422 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,221 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,241 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,211 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,533 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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