Fate*
#4,030 most common boys' name of all time · #9,870 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1880–2023 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,030
Rank overall
#9,870 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
1,329
Since 2016
63
Peak year
1919 #1,191
Best rank
#451 1897
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Fate is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,745 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,348 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,176 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #10,774 |
| 2017 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #10,798 |
| 2016 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #9,708 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,055 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,391 |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,079 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #11,492 |
| 2004 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #9,968 |
| 2003 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #10,913 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #7,892 |
| 1997 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #9,282 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,989 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,144 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,112 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,495 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,279 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,096 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,492 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,073 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,244 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,959 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,373 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,320 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,675 |
| 1960 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,700 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,587 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,775 |
| 1954 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,603 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,447 |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,692 |
| 1951 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,676 |
| 1950 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,328 |
| 1949 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,237 |
| 1948 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,225 |
| 1947 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,083 |
| 1946 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,414 |
| 1944 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1943 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,839 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,222 |
| 1940 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,994 |
| 1939 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,966 |
| 1938 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,096 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,700 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,406 |
| 1934 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1933 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,363 |
| 1932 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,660 |
| 1931 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,650 |
| 1930 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1929 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,859 |
| 1928 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,711 |
| 1927 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,750 |
| 1926 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,792 |
| 1925 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,099 |
| 1924 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,681 |
| 1923 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,948 |
| 1922 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,371 |
| 1921 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1920 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,701 |
| 1919 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,191 |
| 1918 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,234 |
| 1917 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,364 |
| 1916 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,891 |
| 1914 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,104 |
| 1913 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,590 |
| 1912 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,538 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,761 |
| 1910 | — | 11 | 11 | #998 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,298 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,019 |
| 1906 | — | 8 | 8 | #952 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,117 |
| 1904 | — | 13 | 13 | #665 |
| 1903 | — | 9 | 9 | #804 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,031 |
| 1901 | — | 11 | 11 | #655 |
| 1900 | — | 15 | 15 | #660 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #960 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1897 | — | 19 | 19 | #451 |
| 1896 | — | 12 | 12 | #655 |
| 1895 | — | 11 | 11 | #656 |
| 1894 | — | 10 | 10 | #694 |
| 1893 | — | 9 | 9 | #725 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #884 |
| 1891 | — | 12 | 12 | #549 |
| 1890 | — | 10 | 10 | #636 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #815 |
| 1888 | — | 13 | 13 | #567 |
| 1887 | — | 10 | 10 | #605 |
| 1886 | — | 8 | 8 | #720 |
| 1885 | — | 8 | 8 | #720 |
| 1884 | — | 15 | 15 | #501 |
| 1883 | — | 9 | 9 | #656 |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | #772 |
| 1881 | — | 13 | 13 | #498 |
| 1880 | — | 11 | 11 | #582 |