Fate
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1897
19 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,329
since 1880
Born a Fate? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Fate was most popular in 1897, when 19 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.17 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Fate in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 40%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 10 | 7738 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13592 | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12206 | 5 | 12146 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 6 | 13793 | 6 | 10760 |
| 2017 | 5 | 15902 | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12876 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 16419 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 9 | 10955 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 12199 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 12153 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 14959 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15242 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 17504 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15152 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16462 | 5 | 11472 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10690 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10425 | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9482 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 15352 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 9163 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 12688 | 7 | 7874 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | 13724 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 6 | 4230 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 6 | 3935 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 7 | 3365 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 6 | 3646 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 6 | 3652 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 10 | 2685 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 6 | 3535 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 9 | 2764 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 10 | 2592 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 6 | 3425 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 9 | 2680 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 9 | 2662 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 11 | 2321 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 12 | 2225 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 12 | 2218 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 14 | 2076 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 10 | 2403 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 15 | 1810 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 16 | 1833 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 12 | 2145 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 11 | 2207 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 13 | 1983 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 13 | 1958 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 12 | 2084 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 8 | 2680 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 10 | 2396 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 17 | 1725 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 24 | 1361 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 19 | 1651 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 19 | 1643 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 23 | 1533 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 17 | 1848 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 20 | 1707 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 20 | 1748 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 19 | 1787 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 15 | 2089 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 22 | 1675 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 17 | 1941 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 29 | 1367 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 19 | 1829 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 21 | 1694 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 35 | 1188 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 32 | 1231 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 26 | 1362 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 14 | 2043 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 15 | 1878 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 27 | 1101 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 12 | 1580 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 11 | 1527 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 5 | 1740 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 11 | 981 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 6 | 1277 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 8 | 999 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 8 | 927 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 6 | 1091 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 13 | 647 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 9 | 783 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 6 | 1013 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 11 | 637 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 15 | 649 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 6 | 928 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 5 | 1121 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 19 | 438 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 12 | 641 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 11 | 640 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 10 | 668 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 9 | 705 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 7 | 861 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 12 | 524 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 10 | 629 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 7 | 789 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 13 | 554 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 10 | 583 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 8 | 694 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 8 | 700 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 15 | 488 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 9 | 644 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 7 | 754 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 13 | 487 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 11 | 571 |
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Recorded as girls 11% · boys 89% across all years