Gender-neutral

Fate

Fate: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank: —
Born 2025: —
Peak year: 1897

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Fate per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 1897. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

Fate has been rising: its share of boys born has grown over the last 10 years. It was last recorded in 2023.

Boy or girl?

Over the last 10 years, 49% of children named Fate were recorded as girls and 51% as boys. The file records sex, not a name's gender, and the share is measured over ten years rather than all time, so a name that has changed sides shows where it is now.