Yates
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAYTS
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Yates is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “gates”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Yates mean?
English: English surname from Old English geat 'gate'
“gates”
Is Yates a girl's or a boy's name?
Yates is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yates in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Yates, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Yates in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yates in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
Names like Yates
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hayes, Banks, Ford, Jones, King, Rhodes, Miles, Saint, Miller, Wells, Prince, Ellis
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Yates: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yates, updated 20 October 2026.