Fate is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1919 and has since faded.
Fate is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Fate first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (35 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,893 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | #14,144 | #12,957 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | #12,631 | #12,733 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #14,383 | #11,213 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | #16,670 | #11,198 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | #13,369 | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #17,328 | — |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | #11,291 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | #12,604 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | #12,550 | — |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | #15,595 | #10,006 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | #15,890 | — |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | #18,417 | #11,519 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,955 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | #15,755 | #12,650 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | #17,326 | #12,004 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | #10,984 | #10,389 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | #10,721 | #11,447 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | #9,739 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #16,157 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | #9,399 | — |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | #13,228 | #8,136 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | #14,475 | #9,744 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | — | #8,275 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | — | #8,548 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | — | #6,374 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #5,738 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #6,578 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | — | #6,375 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #5,746 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | — | #4,222 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,407 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,097 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | — | #3,467 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | — | #3,766 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | — | #3,414 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #3,777 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | — | #2,746 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | — | #3,731 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | — | #3,663 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | — | #3,664 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | — | #2,836 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | — | #2,641 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | — | #3,547 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | — | #2,745 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | — | #2,729 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | — | #2,359 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | — | #2,261 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | — | #2,252 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | — | #2,105 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | — | #2,455 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | — | #1,842 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | — | #1,860 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | — | #2,190 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | — | #2,249 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | — | #2,017 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | — | #1,994 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | — | #2,116 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | — | #2,748 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | — | #2,980 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | — | #2,436 |
| 1934 | 17 | — | — | #1,742 |
| 1933 | 24 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | — | #1,675 |
| 1931 | 19 | — | — | #1,657 |
| 1930 | 23 | — | — | #1,545 |
| 1929 | 17 | — | — | #1,885 |
| 1928 | 20 | — | — | #1,726 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | — | #1,767 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | — | #1,814 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | — | #2,121 |
| 1924 | 22 | — | — | #1,696 |
| 1923 | 17 | — | — | #1,972 |
| 1922 | 29 | — | — | #1,376 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | — | #1,854 |
| 1920 | 21 | — | — | #1,715 |
| 1919 | 35 | — | — | #1,196 |
| 1918 | 32 | — | — | #1,242 |
| 1917 | 26 | — | — | #1,377 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | — | #2,080 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | — | #1,906 |
| 1914 | 27 | — | — | #1,111 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | — | #1,612 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | — | #1,563 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | — | #1,830 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | — | #1,336 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | — | #1,030 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | — | #957 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | — | #659 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | — | #811 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | — | #1,054 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #652 |
| 1900 | 15 | — | — | #656 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | — | #972 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,190 |
| 1897 | 19 | — | — | #444 |
| 1896 | 12 | — | — | #652 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | — | #651 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #689 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | — | #721 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | — | #885 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | — | #532 |
| 1890 | 10 | — | — | #642 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | — | #830 |
| 1888 | 13 | — | — | #563 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | — | #605 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | — | #719 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | — | #724 |
| 1884 | 15 | — | — | #494 |
| 1883 | 9 | — | — | #660 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | — | #784 |
| 1881 | 13 | — | — | #490 |
| 1880 | 11 | — | — | #582 |