Slate is a rare variant of Slade that peaked in 2018 and remains in steady use.
Slate is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,712 for boy births in the United States (and #5,816 across all names), given to 48 babies. Slate first appears in 1990 and peaked in 2018 (56 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | #2,712 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | #3,387 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | #2,726 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | #2,955 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | #2,813 |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | #2,918 |
| 2019 | 55 | 55 | #2,460 |
| 2018 | 56 | 56 | #2,381 |
| 2017 | 40 | 40 | #2,999 |
| 2016 | 44 | 44 | #2,764 |
| 2015 | 34 | 34 | #3,355 |
| 2014 | 36 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2013 | 37 | 37 | #3,049 |
| 2012 | 36 | 36 | #3,164 |
| 2011 | 23 | 23 | #4,334 |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | #5,217 |
| 2009 | 28 | 28 | #3,812 |
| 2008 | 22 | 22 | #4,517 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | #5,867 |
| 2006 | 22 | 22 | #4,348 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | #5,007 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #5,750 |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 | #5,232 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | #5,675 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #9,097 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #5,857 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #6,445 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | #7,449 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #5,599 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #8,731 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #10,047 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #7,514 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #7,168 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #9,317 |