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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Fate

Used in both girl and boy records

Fate appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Fate by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDFate as a girl’s nameUS records 1997–2022
#19456girl rank2002peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDFate as a boy’s nameUS records 1880–2023
#4012boy rank1919peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Fate in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl200010 uses#916220001997–201819 listed years
Boy191935 uses#43818971880–2018103 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.