Nate
About Nate
Six Feet Under transformed Nate's image from crusty uncle to cool guy. Nate is one of a new generation of nicknames that go directly on the birth certificate. Other similar names: Sam, Jack, Mack. But Nate is arguably fresher and cooler than many nickname-names.
Pronounced NAYT.
As of October 2026, Nate ranked #1748 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1019 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #658.
Editor's take: The name Nate is a boy's name of Hebrew, English origin meaning "given".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,544 | 104 | 54.1 |
| 2015 | #1,674 | 94 | 49 |
| 2016 | #1,717 | 91 | 48 |
| 2017 | #1,815 | 83 | 44.8 |
| 2018 | #1,696 | 93 | 51.2 |
| 2019 | #1,946 | 76 | 42.4 |
| 2020 | #1,884 | 79 | 45.8 |
| 2021 | #1,674 | 99 | 56.6 |
| 2022 | #1,618 | 108 | 61.9 |
| 2023 | #1,586 | 110 | 64.3 |
| 2024 | #1,570 | 110 | 63.8 |
| 2025 | #1,748 | 93 | 54.4 |
World rankings
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Nate on lists
Famous Nates
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- Nathaniel Cornelius "Nate" Robinson
American basketball player
- Nathan Joel "Nate" Marquardt
American MMA fighter
- Nathaniel "Nate" "Tiny" Archibald
American basketball player
- Nate Clements
American football player
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American football player
- Nate Saint
Christian missionary MAF pilot and martyr
- Nate Berkus
American interior designer and former talk show host
- Nate
son of actor Larry Joe Campbell
- Nate Corddry
American actor
Nate in pop culture
- Nathaniel "Nate" Heywood
character on DC's Legends of Tomorrow TV series
- Nate Devlin
character in TV's "The Mob Doctor"
- Nate Gray
character in Disney original movies Camp Rock & Camp Rock 2, portrayed by Nick Jonas
- Nathaniel "Nate" Fitzwilliam Archibald
a main character in the Gossip Girl book and television series
- Nathaniel "Nate" Grey
character in X,Men comics
- Nathaniel "Nate" Wood
character in the Blackwood Security series by Elise Noble
- Nate Getz
character on television show NCIS: Los Angeles
- Nate Fisher
character on television series Six Feet Under
- Nathan "Nate" Ford
main character on TNT's Leverage
- Nate Wright
main character in book series and comic strip "Big Nate"
- Nate Munson
character in "X,Men"
- Nate the Great
book series about a kid detective by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
- Nate River aka Near
character in the anime/manga "Death Note"
- Nate St. Germain
the alias of Lyndon James, a character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Nate Adams from the Yo
Kai Watch franchise
- Nate
a main character in Pokemon Black 2 and White 2
- Nate Jacobs
character in HBO's "Euphoria"
- Nathan “Nate” Cosay
character in the animated series “Infinity Train”
- Nate
Default name of the male protagonist/husband of the female protagonist in "Fallout 4"
- Nathan “Nate” Hawkins
character in “Icebreaker” by Hannah Grace