Tate
- Pronunciation
- [Tate]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- "Pleasant And Bright."Some Variants Are Tait, Taite, And Tayte.
- Origin
- Anglo
Tate Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 1,395 baby girls have been named Tate. The name peaked in 2024 with 83 US births that year (rank #2260). In 2024, ranked #2260 nationally.
Top States for Tate
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Tate births are: Texas (76), California (58), Washington (10).
Other Anglo-Origin Names Like Tate
If you like Tate's Anglo origin, consider these related names: Aart, Abeodan, Ablendan, Abrecan, Acca. Browse all Anglo names →
4-Letter Names Starting with T
Names with Tate's exact length and starting letter: Tacy, Tadd, Tage, Tahu, Tait.
Quick Facts About Tate
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Tate by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 1,862 boys named Tate (boy rank #194 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Tate Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Tate the strongest states are Wyoming, Iowa, North Dakota.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyoming | #88 | 43 |
| 2 | Iowa | #112 | 360 |
| 3 | North Dakota | #132 | 87 |
| 4 | Utah | #142 | 358 |
| 5 | South Dakota | #143 | 100 |
| 6 | Montana | #154 | 50 |
| 7 | Nebraska | #183 | 165 |
| 8 | Minnesota | #189 | 364 |
| 9 | Idaho | #230 | 122 |
| 10 | Missouri | #230 | 343 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #625 | 57 |
| 2 | California | #621 | 459 |
| 3 | New York | #614 | 169 |
| 4 | Florida | #584 | 357 |
| 5 | Maryland | #555 | 100 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | #502 | 103 |
| 7 | Virginia | #494 | 178 |
| 8 | Nevada | #452 | 43 |
| 9 | Oregon | #430 | 108 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | #426 | 239 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Tate in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Tate to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Tate against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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