Cate Girl
How popular is Cate?
#8,858 girl name in 2025
11 baby girls were named Cate in the US in 2025, making it the 8858th most popular girl name.
Cate popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #8,858 for girls (▼ 3840 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 11 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-81% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,927 in 2015, #6,321 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (152 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,528 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1980 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cate counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kate family of names ranked #487 for girls in 2025 (#490 the year before), with 587 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kate | 576 | 98% |
| Cate | 11 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cate is most popular
Babies named Cate per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Cate by decade
Girl names about as popular as Cate
Questions
- Is Cate a boy or girl name?
- Cate is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cate were girls.
- How popular is the name Cate?
- 11 baby girls were named Cate in the US in 2025, making it the 8858th most popular girl name.
- When was Cate most popular?
- Cate peaked in 2008, when 152 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,528 in 2008.
- How many people are named Cate?
- 1,789 babies have been named Cate in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,774 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Cate most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cate was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.