Gates Popularity by Year
Follow Gates across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Gates birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 21 | #4,707 | Down 1,491 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 37 | #3,216 | Up 2,039 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 18 | #5,255 | Up 1,573 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 12 | #6,828 | Down 1,490 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 17 | #5,338 | Down 297 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 18 | #5,041 | Up 2,602 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 10 | #7,643 | Down 2,323 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 17 | #5,320 | Up 1,018 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 13 | #6,338 | Down 1,020 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 17 | #5,318 | Up 1,358 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 12 | #6,676 | Down 943 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 15 | #5,733 | Up 870 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 12 | #6,603 | Up 956 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 10 | #7,559 | Down 1,303 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 13 | #6,256 | Up 2,547 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 8 | #8,803 | Down 1,567 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 11 | #7,236 | Up 2,635 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 7 | #9,871 | Down 2,281 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 10 | #7,590 | Up 408 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 9 | #7,998 | Down 902 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 10 | #7,096 | Up 1,047 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 8 | #8,143 | Up 500 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 7 | #8,643 | Up 2,024 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 3,828 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 9 | #6,839 | Down 309 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 5 | #15,031 | Down 5,229 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 9 | #6,530 | Up 1,030 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Down 279 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 7 | #7,281 | Down 2,094 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 8 | #9,802 | Down 1,670 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 11 | #5,187 | Up 3,681 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 10 | #8,132 | Up 3,651 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 1,900 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 6 | #11,783 | Down 3,661 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 7 | #6,968 | Up 670 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 10 | #8,122 | Up 5,320 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 6 | #7,638 | Down 216 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 5 | #13,442 | — |
| 1992 | Boys | 6 | #7,422 | Down 151 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 6 | #7,271 | Down 330 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Up 329 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 5 | #7,270 | Down 2,169 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 1,053 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 5 | #4,048 | Down 675 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 6 | #3,373 | Down 44 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 6 | #3,329 | Up 151 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 5 | #3,480 | Up 69 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 5 | #3,549 | Up 773 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 5 | #4,322 | Down 594 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 6 | #3,728 | Down 1,184 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 5 | #2,544 | Down 1,480 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 6 | #1,064 | — |