Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Nate” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nate” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nate” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nate” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nate” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nate” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nate” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nate” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 -100%
1957 19 0.000004522 19 -100%
1958 26 0.000006289 26 -100%
1959 41 0.000009861 41 -100%
1960 40 0.00000963 40 -100%
1961 42 0.000010139 42 -100%
1962 30 0.000007434 30 -100%
1963 24 0.000006063 24 -100%
1964 23 0.000005916 23 -100%
1965 25 0.000006896 25 -100%
1966 23 0.000006617 23 -100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 -100%
1968 35 0.00001036 7 28 -60%
1969 29 0.000008345 29 -100%
1970 29 0.000008041 7 22 -52%
1971 36 0.000010488 11 25 -39%
1972 31 0.000009863 31 -100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 -100%
1974 53 0.000017434 9 44 -66%
1975 37 0.000012254 7 30 -62%
1976 57 0.000018785 8 49 -72%
1977 47 0.000014796 10 37 -57%
1978 43 0.000013548 19 24 -12%
1979 44 0.000013225 15 29 -32%
1980 44 0.000012774 23 21 5%
1981 44 0.000012719 13 31 -41%
1982 27 0.000007697 11 16 -19%
1983 32 0.00000924 14 18 -13%
1984 30 0.000008599 8 22 -47%
1985 32 0.000008966 9 23 -44%
1986 20 0.000005623 6 14 -40%
1987 39 0.000010816 7 32 -64%
1988 36 0.000009743 11 25 -39%
1989 42 0.000010925 9 33 -57%
1990 31 0.000007843 10 21 -35%
1991 34 0.000008729 6 28 -65%
1992 36 0.000009372 7 29 -61%
1993 49 0.000012996 6 43 -76%
1994 39 0.00001049 6 33 -69%
1995 40 0.000010923 5 35 -75%
1996 50 0.000013709 5 45 -80%
1997 47 0.000012963 16 31 -32%
1998 57 0.000015497 57 -100%
1999 62 0.000016785 8 54 -74%
2000 54 0.000014286 54 -100%
2001 85 0.000022707 7 78 -84%
2002 96 0.00002568 5 91 -90%
2003 94 0.000024722 5 89 -89%
2004 116 0.000030359 116 -100%
2005 146 0.000037973 5 141 -93%
2006 150 0.000037915 150 -100%
2007 181 0.000045276 181 -100%
2008 137 0.000034854 137 -100%
2009 132 0.000034553 6 126 -91%
2010 137 0.00003707 137 -100%
2011 132 0.000036087 132 -100%
2012 108 0.000029529 108 -100%
2013 113 0.000030996 113 -100%
2014 104 0.00002806 104 -100%
2015 94 0.000025399 94 -100%
2016 91 0.000024804 91 -100%
2017 83 0.000023209 83 -100%
2018 93 0.000026451 93 -100%
2019 76 0.000021896 76 -100%
2020 79 0.000023649 79 -100%
2021 99 0.000029221 99 -100%
2022 108 0.000031923 108 -100%
2023 110 0.000033221 110 -100%
2024 110 0.000033048 110 -100%

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