Slate
Boy · SLAYT · English
Slate is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “slate, grey rock”. In 2025 it ranked 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Slate mean?
English: English word name, from Old French esclate
“slate, grey rock”
An English word name for the grey rock that splits into thin sheets, long used for roofs and writing tablets.
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Is Slate a girl's or a boy's name?
Slate is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Slate in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,676among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Slate, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 56 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Slate in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Slate in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,354 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
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