Cate
21
Peak · 2005
2016
Last seen
16
Years on list
182
Total babies
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Cate
Cate is a rare UK girl's name. In 2024, fewer than three girls were registered with this name in England & Wales — the threshold below which the ONS suppresses counts to protect family privacy. It was last on the published list in 2016.
Cate reached its peak in 2005, when 21 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,165 for UK girls that year. Since then, registrations have dropped below the ONS reporting threshold of three babies per year.
Across 16 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 182 girls have been officially registered with the name Cate in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 14 girls were registered with the name, starting from 9 in 2014 and ending at 0 in 2024.