Fate

Boy · recorded 1880–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1897best year

Most popular in 1897.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

08516918801916195219872023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 106 recorded years as a table
Fate, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880100
1881129
188262
188386
1884131
188574
188672
188799
1888108
188963
189090
1891119
189257
189380
189486
189594
1896100
1897169
189841
189956
1900100
1901103
190249
190375
1904101
190545
190660
190754
190937
191057
191122
191226
191323
191441
191518
191616
191728
191832
191936
192020
192117
192227
192316
192419
192513
192617
192718
192818
192916
193021
193118
193218
193324
193416
193510
19367
19378
193811
193912
194011
19419
19429
194311
194411
19466
19478
19487
19497
19506
19515
19525
19533
19545
19554
19563
19583
19593
19605
19613
19623
19633
19684
19693
19703
19734
19753
19793
19803
19813
19873
19902
19963
19973
19994
20033
20043
20053
20062
20072
20083
20104
20173
20183
20213
20223
20236

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Fate isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
10
Rank in 2023
#7,738
How rare
1 in 171,057 boys
Since 1880
1,186

Fate was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1897, at 169 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Fate doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.