Nate

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Chinese

Meaning

Nate is a given name, frequently used as a diminutive of Nathan, Nathanael or Nathaniel.

From Wikipedia

Nate first appears in the data in 2008 and has been recorded in 14 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 1,193 babies (rank #37 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nate

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nate yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

4,940
Total babies (all years)
14
Years in the data
1,193
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
2008116#96
2009248#68
2010305#49
2011243#68
2012257#72
2013235#73
2014352#48
20151,193#37
2016831#64
2017395#62
2018291#79
2019294#82
2020100#109
202180#114