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Fate

“one's destiny”

Fate is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one's destiny.”

Original GreekΦατέ

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Meaning & origin

What it means

One Greek interpretation is “one's destiny.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Fate through the years

Babies since 1880
1,329
1,186 boys · 143 girls
Most popular year
1919
35 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+10%
Rising
Boys Girls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002025Highest share 1897Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Fate in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 513 as a first name in 2020; 1,168 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Fate’s family of names

Fate has a related form in Faet. Fate has a related form in Faete. Fate has a related form in Fait.

Walk Fate’s family in the name graph

FatePhateΦατέFatêFayteFaytFaitFaiteFaeteFaet

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Nicknames & forms 6

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Fate

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