Etymology in the sources
Source-reportedarchaic spelling of Mati
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: MateCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: MateCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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[mə.tɜ] · Kalaallisut (Nuuk)
01 / Meaning & origin
Mate is a masculine given name documented in English, Spanish, Polish and 5 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Separate records with matching spellings: Maté (Q132562259), Máté (Danish, Finnish)
2 source accounts
archaic spelling of Mati
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02 / Across borders
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8 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 2020: 7 boys (rank 9554). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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1984–2025 Spelling: Mate
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistik Austria · Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed). National counts are computed by NameStoria as the sum of the published district rows plus the GEH row for the same name/sex/year (the file has no national total row); see notes for the overlap check.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | 1 | 469 | observed |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | 1 | 651 | observed |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | 2 | 567 | observed |
| 2002 | 2 | 660 | observed |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | 3 | 579 | observed |
| 2005 | 1 | 1,065 | observed |
| 2006 | 6 | 409 | observed |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | 1 | 1,142 | observed |
| 2009 | 1 | 1,106 | observed |
| 2010 | 2 | 1,017 | observed |
| 2011 | 4 | 674 | observed |
| 2012 | 4 | 665 | observed |
| 2013 | 7 | 494 | observed |
| 2014 | 12 | 370 | observed |
| 2015 | 10 | 434 | observed |
| 2016 | 16 | 331 | observed |
| 2017 | 2 | 1,222 | observed |
| 2018 | 14 | 347 | observed |
| 2019 | 6 | 635 | observed |
| 2020 | 8 | 505 | observed |
| 2021 | 9 | 489 | observed |
| 2022 | 7 | 568 | observed |
| 2023 | 11 | 427 | observed |
| 2024 | 9 | 490 | observed |
| 2025 | 7 | 594 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Mate” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-09 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Mate— “gift of the Lord”
_Mate_, _Hung._ Heb. gift of the Lord, 15
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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