Cate
#4,820 most common girls' name of all time · #8,172 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1980–2025
Rank among girls
#4,820
Rank overall
#8,172 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
1,789
Since 2016
274
Peak year
2008 #1,530
Best rank
#1,530 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 152/yr
Cate first appears in 1980. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,059 |
| 2024 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,072 |
| 2023 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,771 |
| 2022 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,239 |
| 2021 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,473 |
| 2020 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,448 |
| 2019 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,603 |
| 2018 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,372 |
| 2017 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,881 |
| 2016 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,963 |
| 2015 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,949 |
| 2014 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,827 |
| 2013 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,823 |
| 2012 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,155 |
| 2011 | 95 | — | 95 | #2,050 |
| 2010 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,375 |
| 2009 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,856 |
| 2008 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,530 |
| 2007 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,812 |
| 2006 | 87 | — | 87 | #2,223 |
| 2005 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,687 |
| 2004 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,740 |
| 2003 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,142 |
| 2002 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,492 |
| 2001 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,349 |
| 2000 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,160 |
| 1999 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,359 |
| 1998 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,946 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,553 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,078 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,612 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,563 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,512 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,292 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,615 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,246 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,873 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,398 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,215 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,163 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,859 |