Fate
Fate is a boy's name that peaked in 1919, when it was the 1,188th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 2023. About 420 Fates are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 26.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Fate boys named Fate
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,329
- Estimated living today
- 420
- Median age today
- 26
- Peak year
- 1919
- Best rank
- 1,188th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1880
- Girls / boys
- 143 / 1,186
How old the living Fates are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,329 babies given the name since 1880, about 420 are alive — 32 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1999 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where Fate is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Fate is most concentrated in Tennessee (17.5×), Alabama (8.8×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1919
The most popular boys’ names the year Fate peaked:
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Fate against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.