Kate

Boy · recorded 1902–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1902best year

Most popular in 1902.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kate.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1902

0214119021928195419792005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 13 recorded years as a table
Kate, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190241
19156
19795
19804
19833
19843
19853
19866
19873
19895
20014
20045
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kate isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
5
Rank in 2005
#11,472
How rare
1 in 399,461 boys
Since 1902
89

Kate was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1902, at 41 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kate doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.