Nate
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he gave; a form of Nathan.
Babies a year
103
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#396
103 babies · down from #338
Nate by the numbers
In 2025, 103 babies in England and Wales were named Nate. In the US, 83 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 177 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Nathan
Like Nate, each of these traces back to Nathan: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Nathanhe gave7,398 in the US (2017)
- Nathaliahe gave; a form of Nathan or Nathaniel261 in the US (2017)
- Natanhe gave; a form of Nathan43 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nathenhe gave; a form of Nathan50 in the US (2017)
- NataniaGod gave; feminine form of Nathan or Nathaniel12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nossonhe gave; Yiddish form of Nathan28 in the US (2017)
- Nasonhe gave; form of Nathan18 in the US (2017)
- Nathaniahe gave or gift from god; a feminine form of Nathan11 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Nate
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