Mate

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mate: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mate: Recorded every year since 2008, its highest recorded position is #604, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#604highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#3158
2009	#3227
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2012	#3987
2013	#2660
2014	#2248
2015	#2319
2016	#3478
2017	#2324
2018	#1786
2019	#2728
2020	#3848
2021	#3017
2022	#4001
2023	#4991

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2008 to 2023.

In 2013: #711 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2660 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #3158 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2013
Highest recorded position: #604 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2009–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Mate appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 2008, and has registered 97 births with the name.

Mate across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mate's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3158 (2008)	#1786 (2018)	#4991 (2023)	16 of 16	97 (2008–2023)	13 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#604 (2009)	#604 (2009)	#711 (2013)	2 of 5	7 (2009–2013)	4 (2009)

Mate by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mate in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	10	2 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	70	10 of 10	7
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mate appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #604 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Mate's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2008 and 2023, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #604, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Mateen · #1617, 28y
Matei · #193, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kevins · #604, 13y
Nyra · #603, 14y
Abigale · #606, 20y
Abisola · #606, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Kevins · #604, 13y
Emanuele · #601, 12y
Maksym · #601, 21y
Matus · #601, 14y

Mate was ranked #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mate and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mate without appearing here.

Mate moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2319 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4810.
Brooke Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3987 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2660 and #3822.
Sander Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3830 and #3830 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2660 and #3822.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Mate

Jade Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2813.
Arne Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2728 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2960.
Einar Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #4107.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1786 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2728 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Mate

Aksel Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mate went from #3158 to #4991 while Aksel went from #3158 to #1461.
Albie Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mate went from #3158 to #4991 while Albie went from #341 to #22.
Alfred Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mate went from #3158 to #4991 while Alfred went from #129 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mate went from #3158 to #4991 while Archie went from #31 to #13.

Moved the same way as Mate

Aaron Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mate went from #3158 to #4991 and Aaron from #55 to #146.
Alan Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mate went from #3158 to #4991 and Alan from #226 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mate went from #3158 to #4991 and Alex from #47 to #152.
Alexander Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mate went from #3158 to #4991 and Alexander from #19 to #34.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #604 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Mate

Mate at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mate across 2 official records

Mate by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mate appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Mate at a glance

Mate across 2 official records

Mate by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mate appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Mate

Mate and the names beside it

Mate moved ahead of

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