Slate
#5,254 most common boys' name of all time · #13,055 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1990–2025
Rank among boys
#5,254
Rank overall
#13,055 of 105,966
First appeared
1990
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
863
Since 2016
455
Peak year
2018 #2,379
Best rank
#2,379 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 56/yr
Slate first appears in 1990. 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 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,706 |
| 2024 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,376 |
| 2023 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,724 |
| 2022 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,947 |
| 2021 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,799 |
| 2020 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,913 |
| 2019 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,450 |
| 2018 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,379 |
| 2017 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,986 |
| 2016 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 2013 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,039 |
| 2012 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2011 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,308 |
| 2010 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,189 |
| 2009 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,802 |
| 2008 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,492 |
| 2007 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,814 |
| 2006 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,334 |
| 2005 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,982 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,730 |
| 2003 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,215 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,645 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,870 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,838 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,419 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,346 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,582 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,582 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,493 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,195 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,452 |