Slate Popularity by Year
Follow Slate across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Slate 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 | 48 | #2,676 | Up 659 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 35 | #3,335 | Down 642 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 48 | #2,693 | Up 226 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 43 | #2,919 | Down 144 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 45 | #2,775 | Up 111 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 41 | #2,886 | Down 465 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 55 | #2,421 | Down 66 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 56 | #2,355 | Up 596 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 40 | #2,951 | Down 225 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 44 | #2,726 | Up 573 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 34 | #3,299 | Down 209 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 36 | #3,090 | Down 92 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 37 | #2,998 | Up 117 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 36 | #3,115 | Up 1,106 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 23 | #4,221 | Up 826 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 18 | #5,047 | Down 1,326 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 28 | #3,721 | Up 674 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 22 | #4,395 | Up 1,266 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 15 | #5,661 | Down 1,438 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 22 | #4,223 | Up 601 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 17 | #4,824 | Up 668 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 14 | #5,492 | Down 457 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 15 | #5,035 | Up 360 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 13 | #5,395 | Up 2,944 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Down 2,751 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 12 | #5,588 | Up 454 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 10 | #6,042 | Up 801 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 8 | #6,843 | Down 1,555 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 11 | #5,288 | Up 2,504 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 6 | #7,792 | Up 1,008 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 5 | #8,800 | Down 1,984 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 7 | #6,816 | Down 297 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 7 | #6,519 | Up 1,598 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 5 | #8,117 | — |