# Tate (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tate/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “radiant”, “glad”, “cheerful”, “tender” |
| Pronunciation | /teɪt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tates |
| US babies named this | 28,955 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27,400 / 1,555 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,608, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from Old Norse Táta, a personal name of unknown meaning. Doublet of Tait and Zeiss.

## What it means

Tate is grouped under joy and light.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 5,195 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,317 |
| 2013 | 24 | 5,628 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,156 |
| 2015 | 31 | 4,579 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,170 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3,139 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,841 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,892 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,157 |
| 2021 | 37 | 4,007 |
| 2022 | 80 | 2,345 |
| 2023 | 77 | 2,377 |
| 2024 | 83 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 160 | 1,379 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 724 | 394 |
| 2012 | 769 | 389 |
| 2013 | 880 | 357 |
| 2014 | 803 | 388 |
| 2015 | 742 | 420 |
| 2016 | 691 | 448 |
| 2017 | 682 | 450 |
| 2018 | 582 | 494 |
| 2019 | 698 | 438 |
| 2020 | 898 | 353 |
| 2021 | 1,092 | 304 |
| 2022 | 1,489 | 234 |
| 2023 | 1,854 | 197 |
| 2024 | 1,700 | 210 |
| 2025 | 1,862 | 194 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 72 | 501 |
| 2012 | 115 | 367 |
| 2013 | 140 | 310 |
| 2014 | 150 | 305 |
| 2015 | 125 | 359 |
| 2016 | 124 | 373 |
| 2017 | 121 | 377 |
| 2018 | 124 | 366 |
| 2019 | 104 | 410 |
| 2020 | 127 | 352 |
| 2021 | 103 | 412 |
| 2022 | 119 | 358 |
| 2023 | 118 | 357 |
| 2024 | 119 | 364 |
| 2025 | 152 | 299 |

## People named Tate

- Tate McRae, Canadian pop singer
- Tate Donovan, American actor (born 1963)
- Tate Taylor, American actor, screenwriter, film producer and director
- Tate Reeves, 65th governor of Mississippi
- Tate Smith, Australian canoeist
- Tate Ellington, American actor
- Tate Armstrong, American basketball player (born 1955)
- Tate Stevens, American singer
- Tate George, American basketball player (born 1968)
- Baby Tate, American rapper and singer

## 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.