Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Nate

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nate
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2007

Peak rank proxy

181

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20072024

Peak year

2007

Decline from peak

39.2%

2024

110

All-time

4,395

Nate has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2007, when 181 boys were named Nate.

In 2024, only 110 boys were given the name.

Down 39.2% from its peak.

All told, about 4,395 Americans have been named Nate and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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