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Slater

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Slater is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 114 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1140.01% of boys
Peak year
2022128 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1915
2,279people given the name
Babies named Slater, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,223 boys have been named Slater in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 128 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 28%.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 56 girls have also been given it, 2.5% of the total.

By decade

Decadeboys named Slater
1910s24
1920s28
1930s11
1950s16
1970s30
1980s30
1990s384
2000s536
2010s622
2020s542

In 2022, its biggest year

Slater was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Slater

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.