Pate was the #7,679 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies).
Pate as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#7,679 (10)
2024
#12,349 (5)
2023
#8,255 (9)
2020
#7,502 (10)
2018
#10,760 (6)
2017
#7,546 (10)
2016
#7,157 (11)
2015
#8,744 (8)
2014
#7,562 (10)
2013
#7,537 (10)
2011
#9,600 (7)
2010
#12,231 (5)
2009
#8,985 (8)
2008
#9,871 (7)
2007
#8,915 (8)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1901 at #858.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1901.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
How common is it?
about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.