Mate

Boy · recorded 1978–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 2016best year

Most popular in 2016.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Mate.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1978

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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 12 recorded years as a table
Mate, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19783
20023
20044
20053
20073
20113
20133
20164
20174
20183
20193
20204

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mate 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 2020
7
Rank in 2020
#9,554
How rare
1 in 246,582 boys
Since 1978
75

Mate was last recorded in 2020. 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 2016, at 4 per million boys born.

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

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