Slater
Boy · SLAY-ter · English
Slater is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “slate roofer”. In 2025 it ranked 1,267th for boys in the US (155 babies).
What does Slater mean?
English: English occupational surname
“slate roofer”
An occupational surname for a roofer who worked with slate.
- Say it
- SLAY-ter
Is Slater a girl's or a boy's name?
Slater is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 155 boys in the US.
How popular is Slater in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,267among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 155about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 155 boys in the US were named Slater, making it the 1,267th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,815th. It first appears in the records in 1915. 11 girls were also named Slater in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Slater of any year since it first appeared, in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Slater in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 175 boys in the US were given Slater or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,071, up from #1,267 for this spelling alone.
- Slater 155
- Slayter 20
Slater in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 155 | #1,267 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,540 |
| 2023 | 111 | #1,567 |
| 2022 | 128 | #1,425 |
| 2021 | 107 | #1,597 |
| 2020 | 82 | #1,815 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,000 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2017 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,125 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 69 | #1,691 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,889 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1999 | 52 | #1,876 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,123 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 50 | #1,813 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,902 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
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