# Nate (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nate/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /neɪt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,791 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,490 / 301 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,135, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Neat.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 9 | 8,522 |
| 1990 | 10 | 8,316 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,597 |
| 1992 | 7 | 11,316 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12,927 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,928 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,046 |
| 1996 | 5 | 15,131 |
| 1997 | 16 | 6,084 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11,081 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13,059 |
| 2002 | 5 | 17,333 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,602 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,378 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,670 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 132 | 1,302 |
| 2012 | 108 | 1,495 |
| 2013 | 113 | 1,464 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,544 |
| 2015 | 94 | 1,674 |
| 2016 | 91 | 1,717 |
| 2017 | 83 | 1,816 |
| 2018 | 93 | 1,697 |
| 2019 | 76 | 1,947 |
| 2020 | 79 | 1,885 |
| 2021 | 100 | 1,662 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,618 |
| 2023 | 110 | 1,589 |
| 2024 | 111 | 1,570 |
| 2025 | 93 | 1,748 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 439 |
| 2012 | 97 | 411 |
| 2013 | 113 | 359 |
| 2014 | 111 | 369 |
| 2015 | 115 | 379 |
| 2016 | 116 | 388 |
| 2017 | 143 | 335 |
| 2018 | 127 | 359 |
| 2019 | 138 | 332 |
| 2020 | 147 | 314 |
| 2021 | 140 | 326 |
| 2022 | 134 | 325 |
| 2023 | 139 | 318 |
| 2024 | 129 | 338 |
| 2025 | 103 | 396 |

## People named Nate

- Nate Robinson, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Nate Archibald, American basketball player (born 1948)
- Nate Ruess, American singer
- Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (1941–2016)
- Nate Parker, American actor and filmmaker
- Nate Silver, American statistician, journalist, and poker player (born 1978)
- Nate McMillan, American basketball player-coach
- Nate Torrence, American actor
- Nate Richert, American actor
- Nate Wolters, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Nate Schmidt, American ice hockey player
- Nate Huffman, American basketball player (1975–2015)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.