Slater
2025 SSA
About Slater
Slater has a more genial, friendly feel than most trade names. Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance used it for one of their twins.
On the nineties TV show Saved by the Bell, the character A.C. Slater, played by Mario Lopez, was usually referred to by his surname. Christian Slater is a well-known real life bearer--though he was born Christian Hawkins.
Pronounced SLAY-ter.
As of October 2026, Slater ranked #1275 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,940 | 75 | 39 |
| 2015 | #2,559 | 49 | 25.6 |
| 2016 | #2,384 | 55 | 29 |
| 2017 | #1,894 | 77 | 41.6 |
| 2018 | #1,701 | 93 | 51.2 |
| 2019 | #2,016 | 73 | 40.7 |
| 2020 | #1,825 | 82 | 47.5 |
| 2021 | #1,603 | 107 | 61.2 |
| 2022 | #1,432 | 128 | 73.3 |
| 2023 | #1,571 | 111 | 64.9 |
| 2024 | #1,540 | 114 | 66.2 |
| 2025 | #1,275 | 155 | 90.7 |
World rankings
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Slater on lists
Famous Slaters
- Slater Nelson Martin
American basketball player
- Slater Koekkoek
Canadian ice hockey player
- (Jan) Slater Lee Young
Filipino,Chinese actor and reality TV personality ("Big Brother Pinoy")
- Slater Josiah Vance (b. 2006)
son of actors Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance; twin of sister Bronwyn Golden
- Christian Slater
American actor
Slater in pop culture
- A.C. Slater
character on TV's "Saved by the Bell," usually called Slater
- Slater
character on animated series "Archer," voiced by Christian Slater