Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mate

#17,284 most common boys' name of all time · #45,134 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1978–2020

Rank among boys
#17,284
Rank overall
#45,134 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
75
Since 2016
33
Peak year
2016 #9,070
Best rank
#6,721 1978
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
198020002020

Mate first appears in 1978. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2020 — 7 7 #9,888
2019 — 6 6 #11,161
2018 — 5 5 #12,668
2017 — 7 7 #10,025
2016 — 8 8 #9,070
2013 — 6 6 #11,110
2011 — 6 6 #11,271
2007 — 7 7 #10,140
2005 — 6 6 #10,595
2004 — 7 7 #9,324
2002 — 5 5 #11,253
1978 — 5 5 #6,721