Slate
Slate was the 2712th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2381st with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 643 places. More babies were named Slate in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,712 boys, up 206 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 48boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201856 babies
- Total since 1880
- 863babies recorded
Slate popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,712 | 48 |
| 2020 | #2,918 | 41 |
| 2010 | #5,217 | 18 |
| 2000 | #5,857 | 12 |
| 1990 | #9,317 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Slate, counting every spelling?
Slate has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Slate?
48 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Slate (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Slate born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 175 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Slate.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Slate?
About 900 people born in the US named Slate are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 17. That makes Slate a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Slate by state
How common Slate was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Slate
How popular is the name Slate?
Slate was the 2712th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2381st with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 643 places. More babies were named Slate in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Slate a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Slate in the US.
Where is Slate most popular?
In 2021–2025, Slate was most common in Georgia (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and California.