Tate
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAYT
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #298 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #193 for boys
Tate is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 298th for boys in the UK (168 babies) and 193rd for boys in the US (1,862 babies).
What does Tate mean?
English: from an English surname, from the Old English personal name Tata
Originally an English surname; the Tate galleries are named after the sugar refiner Sir Henry Tate, who founded the original in 1897.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tate a girl's or a boy's name?
Tate is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 168 boys in the UK and 160 girls and 1,862 boys in the US.
How popular is Tate in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #298among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 168about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 168 boys in the UK were named Tate, making it the 298th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 379th. 7 girls were also named Tate in 2025 (3,409th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Tate of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Tate in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 22% of the babies named Tate in the UK in 1996, and 4% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 299th in England and Wales, 298th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.
Tate in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | #298 |
| 2024 | 131 | #369 |
| 2023 | 126 | #374 |
| 2022 | 129 | #370 |
| 2021 | 113 | #423 |
| 2020 | 131 | #379 |
| 2019 | 116 | #421 |
| 2018 | 126 | #386 |
| 2017 | 127 | #400 |
| 2016 | 128 | #393 |
| 2015 | 127 | #385 |
| 2014 | 162 | #316 |
| 2013 | 151 | #321 |
| 2012 | 123 | #392 |
| 2011 | 78 | #510 |
| 2010 | 55 | #650 |
| 2009 | 43 | #760 |
| 2008 | 53 | #657 |
| 2007 | 50 | #648 |
| 2006 | 54 | #597 |
| 2005 | 54 | #552 |
| 2004 | 44 | #626 |
| 2003 | 40 | #623 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 37 | #578 |
| 1999 | 38 | #562 |
| 1998 | 30 | #657 |
| 1997 | 22 | #785 |
| 1996 | 21 | #768 |
How popular is Tate in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #193among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,862about 1 in 920 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 149% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,862 boys in the US were named Tate, making it the 193rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 353rd. It first appears in the records in 1912. 160 girls were also named Tate in 2025 (1,373rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Tate of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Tate in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tate in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,862 | #193 |
| 2024 | 1,700 | #210 |
| 2023 | 1,854 | #197 |
| 2022 | 1,489 | #234 |
| 2021 | 1,092 | #304 |
| 2020 | 898 | #353 |
| 2019 | 698 | #437 |
| 2018 | 582 | #494 |
| 2017 | 682 | #450 |
| 2016 | 691 | #448 |
| 2015 | 742 | #420 |
| 2014 | 803 | #388 |
| 2013 | 880 | #357 |
| 2012 | 769 | #388 |
| 2011 | 724 | #393 |
| 2010 | 717 | #395 |
| 2009 | 636 | #441 |
| 2008 | 672 | #432 |
| 2007 | 711 | #412 |
| 2006 | 710 | #411 |
| 2005 | 759 | #382 |
| 2004 | 700 | #387 |
| 2003 | 644 | #403 |
| 2002 | 535 | #455 |
| 2001 | 563 | #431 |
| 2000 | 547 | #436 |
| 1999 | 492 | #463 |
| 1998 | 411 | #512 |
| 1997 | 345 | #558 |
| 1996 | 307 | #586 |
| 1995 | 246 | #667 |
| 1994 | 260 | #643 |
| 1993 | 236 | #668 |
| 1992 | 227 | #684 |
| 1991 | 132 | #911 |
| 1990 | 112 | #991 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,223 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,128 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,122 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,135 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,180 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 64 | #1,120 |
| 1982 | 51 | #1,309 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,044 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,166 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,137 |
| 1978 | 86 | #932 |
| 1977 | 92 | #882 |
| 1976 | 85 | #897 |
| 1975 | 87 | #886 |
| 1974 | 80 | #903 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,006 |
| 1972 | 81 | #889 |
| 1971 | 113 | #771 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,117 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,198 |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 30 | #1,400 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Names like Tate
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Tate
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tate: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tate, updated 20 October 2026.