What is Nate short for?
Nate is short for Nathan and Nathaniel. In 2025, 93 boys in the United States were given Nate as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Nate
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
Nathan Hebrew origin
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Nate from Nathan: the natural short form.
5 girls and 4,975 boys named Nathan in 2025